(A) The Director and other duly authorized employees of the village, the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency, and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, bearing proper credentials and identification, shall be permitted to enter all properties where water meters are located for the purpose of reading, testing the consumption, use and flow of water, and it shall be unlawful for any person to interfere with, prevent or obstruct the Director or his designee in this undertaking. Every consumer of water shall take the same upon the conditions prescribed in this chapter. Access, however, shall be consistent with the convenience of the consumer and the situation involved.
(B) The Director and other duly authorized employees 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 ofthe water 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.
(C) While performing the necessary work on private properties referred to in division (A) above, the Director or duly authorized employees of the village, the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency, and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency shall observe all safety rules applicable to the premises established by the owner of the premises.
(D) The IEPA or its authorized representative shall have access to any books, documents, papers and records of the village which are applicable to the village system of user charges for the purpose of making audit, examination, excerpts and transcriptions thereof to insure compliance with the terms of the loan agreement and rules of any state loan.
(Ord. 858, passed 8-7-95; Am. Ord. 1059-W, passed 8-16-99)