(A) The water superintendent or city engineer and other duly authorized employees of the city bearing proper credentials and identification shall be permitted to enter all properties for the purpose of inspection, observation, measurement and other work pertinent to supply of water from the city water system in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
(B) The water superintendent 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, repair and maintenance of any portion of the water facilities 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.
(C) While performing the necessary work on private properties referred to herein, the water superintendent or other duly authorized employees of the city shall observe all safety rules applicable to the premises established by the user, and the user shall be held harmless for injury or death to the city employees, and the city shall indemnify the user against loss or damage to his property by city employees and against liability claims and demands for personal injury or property damage asserted against the user and growing out of such work, except when the same may be occasioned by the negligence of the user.
(D) The water superintendent may require a user of water services to provide information needed to determine compliance with this chapter. (Ord. 1758, 3-15-1976)