{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-96.070","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 96.070","heading":"City may grant rights-of-way to utilities -- Conditions.","body":"The legislative body of any city may grant rights -of-way over the public streets or public\ngrounds of the city to any utility company, on such conditions as seem proper, shall have\na supervising control over the use of same, and shall regulate the speed of cars and signals\nand fare on street cars. The legislative body may compel any railroad company to erect\nand maintain gates at street crossings and prevent railroads from obstructing public ways\nof the city, and fix penalties for the violation of these pro visions. Nothing in this section\nshall prevent any property owner whose property abuts on a street on which a railroad is\ngranted a right-of-way from recovering from the railroad any damage done to his property\nby the occupation or use of the street by the railroad.","path":["KRS Chapter 96"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=43737","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:49:57Z","sha256":"957904b994addb5ee7ea8c35b9a7423d2881ca705000760928cddbf8c084e147","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-96.060","next":"us-ky/krs-96.080"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}