(A) The village and the duly authorized employees of the village, the state’s 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. The village or its representative shall have no authority to inquire into any process, 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, waterways, or facilities for waste treatment.
(B) While performing the necessary work on private properties referred to in division (A) above, the village or duly authorized employees of the village, the state’s 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 the village 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 § 51.25.
(C) The village 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 an 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 said easement. All entry and subsequent work, if any, on said easement, shall be in full accordance with the terms of the easement pertaining to the private property involved.
(Ord. 153, passed 7-9-1990)