(A) (1) Duly authorized employees of the city shall be permitted to enter all properties for the purpose of inspection, observation, measurement, sampling and testing in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
(2) Those employees shall have no authority to inquire into processes including metallurgical, chemical, oil, refining, ceramic, paper or their industries, except as is necessary to determine the kind and source of the discharge to the public sewer.
(B) While performing the necessary work on private property as referred to in division (A) above, the authorized employees of the city shall observe all safety rules applicable to the premises as established by the company and the company shall be held harmless for injury or death to the city 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 operation, except as such may be caused by negligence or failure of the company to maintain safe conditions as required in this chapter.
(C) Duly authorized employees of the city shall be permitted to enter all private properties through which the city holds easements for the purpose of, but not limited to inspection, observation, maintenance and construction of public sewers.
(D) The Utilities Superintendent or other duly authorized employees of the city, bearing proper credentials and identification, are authorized, with the permission of the licensee, owner, resident or other person in control of property within the city, to enter all properties for the purpose of inspection, observations, measurement, sampling and testing pertinent to the discharges to the city's sewer system in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. If the licensee, owner, resident or other person in control of property within the city does not permit the entrance to the property, the city may obtain an administrative search warrant as provided for in § 10.20.
(Ord. 188, passed 7-17-01)