A. The superintendent and other duly authorized employees of the town, the Illinois environmental protection agency and the U.S. environmental protection agency, bearing proper credentials and identification, shall be permitted to enter all properties receiving utility services from the combined system for the purposes of inspection, observation, measurement, sampling and testing in accordance with the provisions of this title.
The superintendent shall have no authority to inquire into any processes, 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 or waterway or facilities for waste treatment.
B. While performing the necessary work on private properties referred to in subsection A of this section, the superintendent or duly authorized employees of the town, the Illinois environmental protection agency and the U.S. environmental protection agency shall observe all safety rules applicable to the premises established by the owner or occupant, the owner or occupant shall be held harmless for injury or death to the town employees, and the town shall indemnify the owner or occupant against liability, claims and demands for personal injury or property damage asserted against the owner or occupant and growing out of the inspection, observation, measurement, sampling or testing operations, except as such may be caused by negligence or failure of the owner or occupant to maintain safe and proper conditions as required by this title or any applicable federal, state or local statutes, ordinances, rules and regulations.
C. The superintendent and other duly authorized employees of the town bearing proper credentials and identification shall be permitted to enter onto all easements which the town holds for the purposes of, but not limited to, inspection, observation, measurement, sampling, repair and maintenance of any portion of the sewage or waterworks lying within said easement. All entry and subsequent work, if any, on said easement shall be done in full accordance with the terms of the easement pertaining to the private property involved. (Ord. SW-O-89-1, 8-8-1989; amd. Ord. TO-2022-13, 9-13-2022)