(A) Entry authorized. The authorized city representative and other duly authorized employees of the city, the State Department of Natural Resources and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 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. The authorized city representative or other persons noted above shall have no authority to inquire into any processes, including metallurgical, chemical, oil refining, 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.
(2011 Code, § 24.0601)
(B) Indemnification. While performing the necessary work on private properties referred to in division (A) above, the authorized city representative or duly authorized employees of the city, the State Department of Natural Resources and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency shall observe all safety rules applicable to the premises established by the company which are not in conflict with their regulatory duties and the company shall be held harmless for injury or death to the city employees or other persons noted above and the city, State Department of Natural Resources and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency shall indemnify the company against loss or damage to its property by city employees or other persons noted above 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 § 52.052 of this chapter.
(2011 Code, § 24.0602)
(C) Use of easements. The authorized city representative 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 sewerage system and wastewater treatment works 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 duly negotiated easement pertaining to the private property involved.
(2011 Code, § 24.0603)