While performing the necessary work on private properties referred to in §§ 52.071 and 52.072, the city or duly authorized employees of the city, the State Environmental Protection Agency, and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency shall observe all safety rules applicable to the premises established by the property owner or operator and the property owner or operator shall be held harmless for injury or death to the city employees and the city shall indemnify the property damage asserted against the property owner or operator and growing out of the gauging and sampling operating, except as such may be caused by negligence or failure of the property owner or operator to maintain conditions as required in § 52.030.
(Prior Code, § 18-12-3)