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(A) The Public Works Director, Inspector and other duly authorized employees of the town bearing proper credentials and identification shall be permitted to enter all properties at all reasonable hours for the purposes of inspection, observation, measurement, sampling, and testing in accordance with the provisions of this subchapter. The Public Works Director or his or her 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 waste treatment.
(B) While performing the necessary work on private properties referred to in division (A), the Public Works Director or duly authorized employees of the town shall observe all safety rules applicable to the premises established by the company and the company shall be held harmless for injury or death to the town employees and the town shall indemnify the company against loss or damage to its property by town employees and against liability claims and demands for personal injury or property damage asserted against the company and growing out of the gauging and sampling operation, except as such may be caused by negligence or failure of the company to maintain safe conditions as required in § 51.39(F).
(C) (1) The Public Works Director and other duly authorized employees of the town bearing proper credentials and identification shall be permitted to enter all private properties through which the town holds a duly negotiated easement for the purpose of, but not limited to, inspection, observation, measurement, sampling, repair, and maintenance of any portion of the sewage works lying within the easement.
(2) 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.
(1992 Code, § 9-40.4) (Ord. 756, § 16, passed 1-23-1990)
Any property owner who previously made any connection or installation in violation of the sump pump/groundwater standards of this chapter shall immediately remove the connection or correct such an installation. If not removed or corrected within 30 calendar days after notice of the violation has been delivered personally or by certified mail to the owner, the town shall impose a surcharge in the amount set forth in § 51.24 and Chapter 98. Such a surcharge shall also be imposed upon any property owner, after a 30-calendar day notice has been delivered, if the owner refuses to allow his or her property to be inspected. The owner of a building or premises found to be not in conformance with this chapter during periodic re-inspections shall be subjected to a surcharge as provided, starting from the previous date of inspection.
(Ord. 1202, passed 12- -2008)
(A) Any person violating any provision of this chapter for which no specific penalty is prescribed shall be subject to § 10.99.
(B) (1) Any person found to be violating any provisions of §§ 51.35 through 51.51 shall be served by the town with written notice stating the nature of the violation and providing a reasonable time limit for the satisfactory correction thereof. The offender shall, within the period of time stated in the notice, permanently cease all violations.
(2) Any person who shall continue any violation beyond the time limit provided for in division (B)(1) above shall be guilty of a violation and on conviction thereof shall be fined in an amount for each violation as set forth in the Fee Schedule, Chapter 98. Each day in which any violation shall continue shall be deemed a separate offense.
(1992 Code, § 9-40.5) (Ord. 756, § 17, passed 1-23-1990)