§ 53.55 AUTHORITY TO INSPECT SEWER INSTALLATIONS; PROPERTY ACCESS; INDEMNITY.
   (A)   The Superintendent, Inspector, or other duly authorized employees of the city 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. However, the Superintendent or his or her representatives shall have no authority to inquire into any industrial processes beyond that point having a direct bearing on the kind and source of discharge to the sewers, or waterways, or facilities for waste treatment. While performing the necessary work on private properties referred to above, the Superintendent or duly authorized employees 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 a city employee, and the city shall indemnify the company against loss or damage to its property by city employees and against liability claims and demands for the gauging and sampling operation, except as such may be caused by negligence or failure of the company to maintain safe conditions.
(1985 Code, § 6-7-12)
   (B)   The Superintendent 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 for the purposes of, but not limited to, inspection, observation, measurement, sampling, repair, and maintenance of any portion of the sewage 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.
(1985 Code, § 6-7-13)
(Ord. 5-1973, passed 11-13-1973; Ord. 9-1984, passed - -1984)