(A) It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to construct or maintain a driveway, approach, or other obstruction leading from any street to a lot or parcel of land abutting thereon which may in any way obstruct or interfere with the free and continuous flow or passage of water in, through, or along any public gutter, watercourse, or drain in the street, without first placing in the bottom of that gutter, watercourse, or drain, a metal culvert pipe as herein provided and maintaining the same safe and unobstructed. Responsibility for keeping any such driveway or other drainage pipe open and free of dirt or obstruction shall be upon the property owner.
(B) Any culvert pipe installed in any public street shall be approved by the Department of Public Works and shall be of cast iron, steel, or iron or steel alloy not less than 12 inches in internal diameter, or larger if required by the Department of Public Works, shall have a continuous length of not less than 14 feet nor more than 42 feet, shall be installed in a manner approved by the Department of Public Works in a location, at a grade, and at an elevation so that it will not obstruct or interfere with the free and continuous flow or passage of water in the direction designated by the established grade of the gutter, watercourse, or drain, and shall be covered with material of the same character as the traveled portion of the roadway adjacent or other approved material suitable for the use intended; provided, that the Department of Public Works may grant special permission to install a metal culvert pipe less than 14 feet or more than 42 feet in length, if, in its judgment, conditions justify installation of that lesser or greater length.