The Superintendent and other duly authorized employees or agents of the Town 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 public sewer system in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
The Superintendent and/or other duly authorized employees or agents are authorized to obtain information concerning industrial processes which have a direct bearing on the kind and source of discharge to the public sewer system. The industry may request that such information be kept confidential. The industry must establish that the revelation to the public of the information in question might result in an advantage to competitors.
While performing the necessary work on private properties referred to in § 181-37, the Superintendent or duly authorized employees or agents of the Town 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 Superintendent and/or his employees or agents and the Town shall indemnify the owner against loss or damage to his property by Town 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 owner to maintain safe conditions.
The Superintendent and other duly authorized employees or agents of the Town bearing proper credentials and identification shall be permitted to enter all private properties through which the Town or the Portland Water District 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.
Any person found to be violating any provision of this chapter, except §§ 181-4 and 181-34, shall be served by the Town with written notice stating the nature of the violation and providing a reasonable time limit for the satisfactory correction thereof. The offender shall, within the period of time stated in such notice, permanently cease all violations. The written notice shall include language explaining the violator's right to appeal.
Any person who shall continue any violation beyond the time limit provided for in § 181-41 shall be subject to a civil penalty of $100 for each violation, and shall reimburse the Town its costs of enforcement, including attorney's fees. Each day in which any such violation shall continue shall be deemed a separate offense.
Any person violating any of the provisions of this chapter shall become liable to the Town for any expense, loss or damage occasioned the Town or the Portland Water District by reason of such offense, including:
Notwithstanding any of the foregoing provisions, the Town or the Portland Water District may institute any appropriate action, including injunction or other proceedings, to prevent, restrain or abate violations hereof.