Chapter 13.28
POWERS AND AUTHORITY OF INSPECTORS
Sections:
13.28.020 Information about industrial processes.
13.28.030 Liability for damages.
13.28.040 Right of entry—Additional provision.
13.28.010 Right of entry.
The superintendent 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 city system in accordance with the provisions of this title. (Ord. 830 Art. 7 § 1, 1976)
13.28.020 Information about industrial processes.
The superintendent 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 confidential. The industry must establish that the revelation to the public of the information in question might result in an advantage to competitors. (Ord. 830 Art. 7 § 2, 1976)
13.28.030 Liability for damages.
While performing the necessary work in private properties referred to in Section 13.28.010, the superintendent or duly 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 as required in Section 13.24.080. (Ord. 830 Art. 7 § 3, 1976)
13.28.040 Right of entry—Additional provision.
The superintendent 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 the terms of the duly negotiated easement pertaining to the private property involved. (Ord. 830 Art. 7 § 4, 1976)