(A) The Public Services Director or other authorized employees of the local government bearing proper credentials and identification shall be permitted to enter all properties for the purposes of inspection, observation, measurement, sampling, and testing as it pertains to this chapter.
(B) The Public Services Director or other duly authorized employees are authorized to obtain information concerning industrial processes which have a direct bearing on the kind and source of discharge to the wastewater collection system. The industry may withhold information considered confidential. The industry must establish that the revelation to the public of the information in question might result in an advantage to competitors.
(C) The Public Services Director and other duly authorized employees of the town bearing proper credentials and identification shall be permitted to enter the appropriate premises for the purposes of inspection, observation, measurement, sampling, and testing in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. The Public Services Director, or his or her representatives, shall have no authority to inquire into any processes, including metallurgical, chemical, oil, refining, ceramic, paper, textiles or other industries beyond that point having a direct bearing on the kind and source of discharge to the sewers, waterways or facilities for waste treatment.
(D) The Public Services Director and other duly authorized employees of the town bearing proper credentials and identification shall be permitted to enter all private properties through which the town holds a duly negotiated easement for sewage works for the purpose of inspection, observation, measurement, sampling, repair, and maintenance of any portion of the sewage works lying within the easement. All entry and subsequent works, if any, on the easement, shall be done in full accordance with the terms of the duly negotiated easement pertaining to the private property involved.
(Prior Code, § 50.003)