(A) The approving authority and other duly authorized employees of the City, IEPA and USEPA, bearing proper credentials and identification shall be permitted to enter all properties for the purposes of inspection, observation, measurement, sampling and testing in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. The approving authority or his representatives shall have no authority to inquire into any processes, including metallurgical, chemical, oil refining, ceramic, paper or other industries beyond that point having a direct bearing on the kind and source of discharge to the sewers or waterways or facilities for waste treatment.
(B) While performing the necessary work on private properties referred to in subsection (A) of this section, the approving authority or duly authorized employees of the City, IEPA, USEPA 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 City, IEPA and USEPA employees and the City shall indemnify the company against loss or damage to its property by City 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 the operation, except as such may be caused by negligence or failure of the company to maintain safe conditions as required in subsection 8-8-8(B) of this chapter.
(C) The approving authority and other duly authorized employees of the City bearing proper credentials and identification shall be permitted to enter all private properties through which the City holds a duly negotiated easement or, in the absence of said easement, for existing sewer lines, for the purposes of, but not limited to, inspection, observation, measuring, sampling, repair, and maintenance of any portion of the sewage works lying within said easement. All entry and subsequent work, if any, on said easement, shall be done in full accordance with the terms of the duly negotiated easement pertaining to the private property involved. (Ord. 76-8, 10-25-1976)