Any such pipeline shall be laid at least twenty-four inches below the surface of the soil and the soil above such pipelines shall be graded to the level of the adjacent land and left in good working condition unless otherwise agreed to between such corporation and the owner or owners of such property. Such corporation shall pay any damages for growing crops caused by the construction, operation, maintenance, repair or reconstruction of any such pipeline. In the construction, maintenance, repair and reconstruction of any such pipeline, driveways, drains, water pipes and other service pipes or wires located on any land on which such pipeline is constructed shall be left in as good condition as they were prior to such construction, maintenance, repair or reconstruction, except when otherwise agreed to between such corporation and the owner or owners of such property. No driveway or right-of-way over the land on which any such pipeline is located shall, except during such construction, maintenance, repair or reconstruction of such pipeline, be closed for passage except by agreement between such corporation and the owner or owners of such property or such right-of-way. Any building erected by any such corporation shall conform in its method of construction with the building laws or regulations in force and effect in the location in which the same is erected, and the exterior design of any such building shall conform to the extent that is possible with the general architectural standards of buildings in the locality in which such building is erected.