No public utility, its agents, servants or employees, serving the consumers within the corporate limits of the city shall build, install or use any of its property, equipment or lines in the streets or thoroughfares of the city for the purpose of conveying, transporting or transmitting any utility service to any person in any city, town or village that may be hereafter incorporated under the laws of the state; nor shall any such utility use, install or construct any property, equipment or lines in the streets or thoroughfares of the city for the purpose of conveying, furnishing, transporting or transmitting any utility service, or any service produced by such utility, to any person residing or located in any city, town or village that may be hereafter incorporated under the laws of the state, without first securing a right, privilege or franchise in writing from the city.
(1964 Code, § 30-3)