The Director of Public Works, and other duly authorized representatives
of the Town having proper credentials and identification, shall be
permitted to enter all properties at all reasonable times upon reasonable
notice for the purposes of inspection, observation, measurement, sampling,
and testing in accordance with this chapter. The Director of Public
Works and Town representative(s) shall have no authority to inquire
about any commercial process, including metallurgical, chemical, oil,
refining, ceramic, paper, or other process, beyond that point having
a direct bearing on the kind and source of discharge to the wastewater
facilities. Such information shall be kept confidential upon the company's
establishing, to the satisfaction of the Director of Public Works,
that the revelation to the public of the information in question might
result in an advantage to competitors.
The Director of Public Works and other duly authorized representatives
of the Town having proper credentials and identification shall be
permitted to enter all private properties through which the Town 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 sewerage works lying within said easement. All
entry and subsequent work, if any, on property within said easement
shall be done in full accordance with the terms of the negotiated
easement pertaining to the private property involved.
While performing the necessary work on private properties referred to in Article
XI, §
183-55, above, the Director of Public Works or authorized representative(s) of the Town shall observe all the safety rules applicable to the premises established by the company. The Town shall hold the company harmless from any liability for injury or death to Town employees performing such work; and the Town shall indemnify the company against loss or damage to the company's property caused by Town employees and against liability claims for personal injury or property damage against the company arising out of any sampling operation, except as such may be caused by negligence or failure of the company to maintain safe conditions as required in Article
VII, §
183-44 of this chapter.