(A) Authorized city personnel bearing proper credentials and identification are entitled to enter any public or private property at any reasonable time for the purpose of enforcing this chapter.
(B) Anyone acting under this authority shall observe the establishment’s rules and regulations concerning safety, internal security and fire protection.
(C) Except when caused by negligence or failure of users to maintain safe conditions, the city shall indemnify the users against loss or damage to their property by city employees and against liability claims and demands for personal Injury or property damage asserted against the users and growing out of the sampling operation.
(D) Authorized city personnel (including contractors duly authorized by the city) bearing proper credentials and identification are entitled to enter all private properties through which the city holds a negotiated easement for the purposes of:
(1) Inspection, observation, measurement, sampling or repair;
(2) Maintenance of any portion of the sewerage system lying within the easements; and
(3) Conducting any other authorized activity. All activities shall be conducted in full accordance with the terms of the negotiated easement pertaining to the private property involved.
(E) No person acting for the city under division (A) above may inquire into the processes of any industrial user beyond that point having a direct bearing on the type and source of discharge into the sewage works.
(Ord. passed 8-20-1985) Penalty, see § 54.99