§ 52.091 EASEMENT.

   (A)   Any duly authorized representative 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 said easement.

   (B)   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.

(Prior Code, § 18-12-2)

§ 52.092 INDEMNIFICATION.

   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)

BASIS FOR SEWER SERVICE CHARGES

§ 52.105 METERING OF INDUSTRIAL WASTE.

   (A)   Devices for measuring the volume of waste discharged may be required by the city if this volume cannot otherwise be determined from the metered water consumption records. Metering devices for determining the volume of waste shall be installed, owned and maintained by the discharger. The city must accept a maintenance schedule.

   (B)   Following approval and installation, such meters may not be removed without the consent of the city.

(Prior Code, § 18-15-1)