(a) The Approving Authority of the City and other duly authorized employees of the City bearing proper credentials and identification shall be permitted to enter all properties for the purposes of inspection, observation, measurement, sampling, and testing pertinent to the discharge to the City wastewater facilities in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
(b) The Approving Authority or other duly authorized employees of the City bearing proper credentials and identification are authorized to obtain information concerning industrial processes which have a direct bearing on the kind and source of discharge to the wastewater facilities. The industry may withhold information considered confidential if the industry can 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 Approving Authority or other duly authorized employees of the City shall observe all safety rules applicable to the premises established by the person, and the person shall be held harmless for injury or death to the City employees, and the City shall indemnify the person against loss or damage to such property by City employees and against liability claims and demands for personal injury or property damage asserted against the person and growing out of the necessary work, except as such may be caused by negligence or failure of the person to maintain safe conditions as required herein.
(d) The Approving Authority 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 wastewater facilities lying within such easement. All entry and subsequent work, if any, on the easement shall be done in full accordance with the terms of the duly negotiated easement pertaining to the property.
(Ord. 1350. Passed 11-16-78.)