(a) Inspection Rights. Any duly authorized employee or agent of the Village bearing proper credentials and identification shall be permitted at any time to enter upon all properties within the corporate limits of the Village or outside a Village, that has contracted for wastewater treatment service, for the purpose of inspecting, observing, measuring, sampling and testing, as may be required in pursuance of the implementation and enforcement of the terms and provisions of this chapter.
(b) Liability During Inspections. While performing the necessary work on private properties referred to in subsection (a) hereof, the duly authorized employees of the Village shall observe all safety rules applicable to the premises established by the commercial or industrial user, and the user shall be held harmless for injury or death to the Village employees, and the Village shall indemnify the user against loss or damage to its property by Village employees and against liability claims and demands for personal injury or property damage asserted against the user and growing out of the gauging and sampling operation, except as such may be caused by negligence or failure of the user to maintain safe conditions.
(c) Right of Appeal. Any user of the Village sanitary sewer system or any interested party shall have the right to request in writing an interpretation or ruling by the Village on any matter covered by this chapter and shall be entitled to a prompt written reply. In the event that such inquiry is by a sewer user and deals with matters of performance or compliance with this chapter for which enforcement activity relating to an alleged violation is the subject, receipt of sewer user's request shall stay all enforcement proceedings pending receipt of the aforesaid written reply. Appeal of any final judicial order entered pursuant to this chapter may be taken in accordance with local and State law. (Ord. 84-14. Passed 6-4-84.)