§ 4-1. City's authority.

(a) Director may maintain.

The Director of Transportation is authorized and empowered to repair and maintain existing private streets and roads that are open and used by the public, but have not been actually accepted as public highways by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore.

(b) Scope of maintenance.

(1) The repairs and maintenance shall be of the character that, in the judgment of the Director of Transportation, will make private streets and roads safe for public travel and will prevent nuisances dangerous to the public health arising thereon.

(2) Provided that private streets and roads shall be repaired and maintained in the same manner and with the same character of materials as originally constructed.