(A) The Mayor and other duly authorized employees of the EPA, state, and city water and wastewater division bearing proper credentials and identification shall be permitted to enter all properties at any time for the purpose of inspection, observation, measurement, sampling (24-hour composite or grab), and testing, as well as to inspect and copy records of wastewater discharges in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. The Mayor or his representative 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 waterways or facilities for the waste treatment.
(B) While performing the necessary work on private properties referred to in division (A), above, the Mayor and duly authorized employees of the city, shall observe all safety rules applicable to the premises established by the property owner, the owner shall be held harmless for injury or death to the city employees, and the city shall indemnify the owner 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 owner and growing out of gauging and sampling operation, except as such may be caused by negligence or failure of the owner to maintain safe conditions.
(C) The Mayor and other duly authorized employees of the EPA, state, or city bearing proper credentials and identification shall be permitted to enter all private properties through which the city holds an 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. All entry and subsequent work, if any, on the easement, shall be done in full accordance with the terms of the easement pertaining to the private property involved.
(Ord. 793, passed 12-8-88)