(a) The Inspector or other duly authorized representative of the Municipality, bearing proper credentials and identification, shall be permitted to enter all properties for the purpose of inspection, observation, measurement, sampling and testing in accordance with this chapter. The Inspector or representative shall have no authority to inquire into any processes beyond that point having direct bearing on the kind and source of discharge to the sewers, waterways or facilities for waste treatment.
(b) While performing the necessary work on private properties referred to in subsection (a) hereof, the Inspector or representative shall observe all safety rules applicable to the premises established by the company, and the company shall be held harmless for injury to or the death of a Municipal employee. The Municipality shall indemnify the company against loss or damage to its property occasioned by Municipal 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 Section 1044.06(h).
(c) The Inspector or representative, bearing proper credentials and identification, shall be permitted to enter all private properties through which the Municipality 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 sewage works lying within such easement. All entry and subsequent work, if any, on such easement, shall be done in accordance with the terms of the duly negotiated easement pertaining to the private property involved.
(Ord. 923. Passed 12-18-80.)