(a) The Administrator and/or other duly authorized employees of the Village bearing proper credentials and identification shall be permitted to enter all properties at all reasonable times for the purpose of inspection, observation, measurement, sampling and testing pertinent to discharge to the community system in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. If entry to any property in the Village is refused by the occupant thereof, the Administrator or duly authorized employee shall be authorized to apply to a court of competent jurisdiction for a warrant authorizing entry.
(b) The Administrator and/or other duly authorized employee is authorized to obtain information concerning industrial processes which have a direct bearing on the kind and source of discharge to the wastewater collection system. If such information is considered confidential by the industry involved, because the revelation thereof to the public might result in an advantage to competitors, it shall not be disclosed by the Administrator and/or other duly authorized employee to the public or to any other person except to employees and officials to the extent necessary for the administration and enforcement of this chapter. Such information shall not be available to the public and shall be kept separate from the Village's Public Records. The unauthorized disclosure of such confidential information by any employee of the Village or other person shall be a violation of this chapter, punishable under the penalty provisions hereof.
(c) While performing the necessary work on private properties referred to in subsection (a) hereof, the Administrator or duly authorized employee of the Village shall observe all safety rules applicable to the premises established by the company and the company shall be held harmless for injury or death to the Village employee and the Village shall indemnify the company against loss or damage to its property by Village employees and against liability claims and demands for personal injury or property damage asserted against the company and growing out of the gauging and sampling operation, except as such may be caused by negligence or failure of the company to maintain safe conditions as required in Section 921.05 (m).
(d) The Administrator and/or other duly authorized employee of the Village bearing proper credentials and identification shall be permitted to enter all private properties through which the Village holds a duly negotiated easement for the purposes of, but not limited to, inspection, observation, measurement, sampling, repair and maintenance of any portion of the wastewater facilities lying within said easement. All entries and subsequent work, if any, on such easement, shall be done in full accordance with the terms of the duly negotiated easement pertaining to the private property involved.
(Ord. 78-1. Passed 7-18-78.)