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(A) Each person, by virtue of making application or request to the city for any utility service or receiving or using any city utility service, thereby grants or causes to be granted to the city, without additional cost or consideration, all rights, easements, permits, licenses, and privileges that are deemed necessary by the city for the establishment, rendering, maintenance, termination, disconnection, or reconnection of utility services. Pursuant to said authority, the appropriate Public Works Department official and 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, at all reasonable or necessary times.
(B) The Public Works Department 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.
(Ord. 118, passed 10-23-80; Am. Ord. 1518, passed 11-6-14)
The City Commission shall sit as an appellate board for hearing appeals from any decision by the Public Works Director and sewer users on matters concerning interpretation and execution of the sections of this chapter by the Department, and to hear appeals from any industrial sewer user as to the reasonableness of charges imposed by the city for these users. Any appeals shall be in writing on a form provided by the city, along with a fee as provided by resolution of the City Commission.
(Ord. 118, passed 10-23-80; Am. Ord. 1518, passed 11-6-14)
Any major contributing industry as defined by 40 C.F.R. 128.124 shall comply with 40 C.F.R. 128 and any other regulation established by the United States Environmental Protection Agency or other appropriate regulating governmental agency.
(Ord. 118, passed 10-23-80; Am. Ord. 1518, passed 11-6-14) Penalty, see § 10.99
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