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-CODE OF ORDINANCES Chapter 78- UTILITIES ARTICLE III. -SEWERS AND SEWAGE DISPOSAL DIVISION 2. -SEWER USE AND DISCHARGE REQUIREMENTS Subdivision I. - In General Sec. 78-93. - Liability for expense or damage caused by violation. In addition to other penalties imposed for violation of this article, any person violating any of the provisions of this division shall become liable to the city for any expense, loss or damage occasioned by the city by reason of such violations. (Code 1982, § 1300.14(4)) Sec. 78-94. -Access to premises. (a) Duly authorized employees of the city bearing proper credentials and identification shall, at reasonable times, be permitted to enter upon all properties for the purpose of inspection, observation, measurement, sampling and testing in accordance with the provisions of this division. Such employees shall not have authority to inquire into any industrial processes, including but not limited to metallurgical, chemical, oil, refining, ceramic, or paper operations, except as is necessary to determine the type and source of the discharge to the public sewer. While performing such necessary work on such properties, the city employees shall observe all safety rules applicable to the premises. (b) Duly authorized employees of the city bearing proper credentials and identification shall, at reasonable times, be permitted to enter upon all properties through which the city holds an easement for the purpose of, but not limited to, inspection, observation and construction of public sewers. (c) The duly authorized representatives or other duly authorized employees of the city, bearing proper credentials and identification, shall be permitted to enter all properties for the purpose of inspection, observation, measurement, sampling and testing pertinent to the discharges to the city's sewer system in accordance with the provisions of this division. (d) The duly authorized representatives or other duly authorized employees are authorized to obtain information concerning industrial processes which have a direct bearing on the type and source of discharge to the wastewater collection system. An industry may withhold information considered confidential; however, the industry must establish that the revelation to the public of the information in question might result in an advantage to competitors. (e) While performing necessary work on private properties, the duly authorized representatives 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 for injury or death to the city employees, and the city shall indemnify the company 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 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 this division. (f) The duly authorized representatives or 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 an 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 the easement. All entry and subsequent work, if any, on the easement, shall be done in full accordance with the terms of the easement pertaining to the private property involved. In addition to other penalties for refusal to permit inspections under this section, all subsequent sewer bills shall be charged at triple the regular rate until inspection is freely permitted by the refusing service recipient. (Code 1982, § 1300.12) Elk River, Minnesota, Code of Ordinances Page 7