(A) The city or duly authorized representatives of the city bearing proper credentials and identification shall be permitted to enter all properties for the purpose of setting up monitoring equipment, reviewing and copying records, inspection, observation, measurement, sampling, and testing in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. The city or its 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 § 4-2-17 (A) above, the city or duly authorized representatives of the city, 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’s representative. The city shall indemnify the company against loss or damage to its property by the city’s representative and against liability claims and demands for personal injury or property damage asserted against the company and growing out of the gauging and/or sampling operations, except as such may be caused by negligence or failure of the company to maintain safe conditions.
(C) The city or duly authorized representatives 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 for the purposes of, but not limited to, inspection, observation, measurement, sampling, repair and maintenance of any portion of the treatment works lying within the easement. All entry and subsequent work, 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.
(Ord. passed 10-14-1985; Am. Ord. 14-11, passed 12-8-2014)