(A) Employees of the combined system shall have the right of access to any premises served by the system for the purpose of reading water or sewage meters at regular prescribed intervals or for the purpose of making inspections in order to maintain in good condition and provide for the protection of said combined system and the efficient management thereof. Where such inspections are not of an immediate or urgent nature, employees of the combined system shall arrange for appointments mutually convenient both to the persons of the premises served and said employees. Any person refusing the right to permit said employees of the combined system the above described right of access to his premises shall be subject to a penalty as hereinafter provided.
(B) The Superintendent and other duly authorized employees of the combined system, bearing proper credentials and identification, shall be permitted to enter all properties for the purposes of inspection, observation, measurement, sampling, and testing in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. The Superintendent or his representative 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, waterway, or facilities for waste treatment.
(C) While performing the necessary work on private properties hereinbefore mentioned, the Superintendent or duly authorized employees of the village shall observe all safety rules applicable to the premises established by the company and the company shall be held harmless for injury or death to the village employees. Further, the village shall indemnify the company 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 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 as required in § 50.123.
(D) The Superintendent and other duly authorized employees of the village bearing proper credentials and identification shall be permitted to enter all private properties through which the village 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 combined system lying within the 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 private property involved.
(E) The Superintendent and other duly authorized employees of the village shall have the power, duty and authority, with or without prior notice, to shut off and seal any and all water service to any residence or other building found or determined to have a water or sewer meter that has been bypassed, disabled or disconnected, and no such shut off or sealed water service shall be reconnected until the owner or occupant of the premises shall pay to new “tap on” charge as provided in § 50.081, and shall provide proof that the water, sewer or combined meter has been properly reconnected or repaired and that any bypass shall have been permanently removed from the system. The owner or occupant shall also be subject to fines and penalties as set forth in §§ 50.045 and 50.999.
('79 Code, § 1102) (Ord. 1983-O-5, passed 4-19-83; Am. Ord 2002-O-15, passed 4-2-02) Penalty, see § 50.999