KRS 96.070: City may grant rights-of-way to utilities -- Conditions.

The legislative body of any city may grant rights -of-way over the public streets or public

grounds of the city to any utility company, on such conditions as seem proper, shall have

a supervising control over the use of same, and shall regulate the speed of cars and signals

and fare on street cars. The legislative body may compel any railroad company to erect

and maintain gates at street crossings and prevent railroads from obstructing public ways

of the city, and fix penalties for the violation of these pro visions. Nothing in this section

shall prevent any property owner whose property abuts on a street on which a railroad is

granted a right-of-way from recovering from the railroad any damage done to his property

by the occupation or use of the street by the railroad.