(A) Employees of the city duly authorized by the Safety-Service Director and bearing proper credentials and identification shall be permitted to enter all properties for the purposes of inspection, observation, measurement, sampling and testing pertinent to discharge to the wastewater treatment works in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. The authorized employees of the city are able to obtain information concerning industrial or commercial processes which have a direct bearing on the kind and source of discharge to the wastewater treatment works. A user may withhold information considered confidential. A user must establish that the revelation to the public of the information in question might result in an advantage to competitors.
(B) While performing the necessary work on private properties, the authorized employees of the city shall observe all safety rules applicable to the premises established by the owner, and the owner shall be held harmless for injury or death to the city employees, and the city shall indemnify the owner against loss or damage to its property by city 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.
(1981 Code, § 51.074) (Ord. 6405-90, passed 9-10-1990)