(A) The Public Works Supervisor 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 discharge to the community system, in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
(B) The Public Works Supervisor or other duly authorized employees are authorized to obtain information concerning industrial processes which have a direct bearing on the kind and source of discharge to the wastewater collection system. The industry may withhold information considered proprietary. The industry may 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 referred to in division (A) above, the Public Works Supervisor or duly authorized employees of the City shall observe all safety rules applicable to the premises established by the company, and the company shall be held harmless and the City shall indemnify the company against loss or damage to its property by the City employees and against liability claims and demands for personal injury, death or property damage asserted against the company growing out of the gauging and sampling operation which may be the result of any negligence arising from the City or City employee in the performance of such work.
(D) The Public Works Supervisor 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 said easement. All entry and subsequent work, if any, on said easement, shall be done in full accordance with terms of the duly negotiated easement pertaining to the private property involved.
(Ord. 369, passed 4-1-2018, § 4.02.100; Ord. 2023-2, passed 2-21-2023)