(A) (1) The duly authorized employees or agents 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 of the sewer system in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
(2) The city shall have no authority to inquire into any processes including metallurgical, chemical, oil, refining, ceramic, paper or other industries beyond that point having a direct bearing on the kind and source of discharge to the sewers or waterways or facilities for waste treatment.
(B) The duly authorized employees or agents 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 sewage works 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 the private property of any company, the duly authorized employees or agents of the city shall observe all safety rules established by said company which are applicable to the premises. The company shall be held harmless for injury or death to any city employees or agents, and the city shall indemnify the company against loss or damage to its property by city employees or agents and against liability claims and demands for personal injury or property damage asserted against the company and growing out of the gauging and sampling operation, except as such may be caused by negligence or failure of the company to maintain safe conditions.
(Prior Code, § 6-342)