(A) The Department, Inspector, and other duly authorized employees of the city, State Board of Health, and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, bearing proper credentials and identification, 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.
(B) While performing the necessary work on private properties referred to above, the Department or duly authorized employees of the city shall observe all safety rules applicable to the premises established by the user and the user shall be held harmless for injury or death to the city employees and the city shall indemnify the user 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 user and growing out of the gauging and sampling operation, except as such may be caused by negligence or failure of the user to maintain safe conditions as required by law.
(C) The Department or 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, measurements, sampling, repair, and maintenance of any portion of the waterworks 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. 7-C-85, passed 5-14-85; Am. Ord. 15-C-16, passed 8-30-16)