(A) A duly authorized employee of the city, bearing proper credentials and identification, may enter all properties for the purposes of inspection, observation, measurement, sampling and testing pertinent to the discharges to the city’s sewer system in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
(B) An authorized employee of the city is authorized to obtain information concerning industrial processes which have a direct bearing on the type and source of discharge at the wastewater collection system. An industry may withhold information considered confidential, however, the industry must establish that the revelation to the public of the information in question, might result in an advantage to competitors.
(C) While performing the necessary work on private properties, the Superintendent will observe all safety rules applicable to the premises established by the owner, and the owner will be held harmless for injury or death to the city employees and the city will indemnify the company 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 the gauging and sampling operation, except as such may be caused by negligence or failure of the owner to maintain safe conditions as required in § 53.51(C) of this chapter.
(D) The Engineer or Superintendent and other duly authorized employees of the city bearing proper credentials and identification will be permitted to enter all private properties for the purposes of inspection, observation, measurement, sampling, repair and maintenance of any portion of the sewage works lying within the property. All entry and subsequent work, if any, on the property will be done in full accordance with the terms of the duly negotiated easement pertaining to the private property involved.
(Prior Code, § 710.17)