A. The director of public works, or his designee, the Illinois environmental protection agency, and the U.S. environmental protection agency, 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.
B. While performing the necessary work on private properties referred to in subsection A of this section, the director of public works, or his designee, the Illinois environmental protection agency, and the U.S. environmental protection agency 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 village employees, and the village shall indemnify the company against loss or damage to its property by village employees and against liability claims and demands for personal injury or property damage asserted against the company and growing out of the metering and sampling operation, except as such may be caused by negligence or failure of the company to maintain safe conditions.
C. The Director of Public Works, or his designee, 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 of the waterworks 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. (1978 Code § 9-5-16; amd. 2011 Code; Ord. 2014-15, 3-20-2014)
D. Employees of the waterworks system shall have the right of access to any premises served by the waterworks system for the purpose of reading water meters at the regular prescribed intervals or for the purpose of making inspections in order to maintain in good condition and provide for the protection of the system and the efficient management thereof. Where such inspections are not of an immediate or urgent nature, employees of the system shall arrange for appointments mutually convenient to the persons of the premises served and the employees. Any person refusing the right to permit the employees of the waterworks system the above described right of access to his premises shall be subject to the penalty prescribed in section 1-4-1 of this Code. (1978 Code § 9-5-16; amd. 2011 Code)