The Public Works Director and other duly authorized employees or contractor of the City may enter any property for any purposes of inspection, observations, measurement, sampling and testing in accordance with the provisions of this chapter after obtaining permission from any person with authority over the property to grant it, or after obtaining a warrant.
(Ord. 601 Art. IX § 1, 1991; Ord. 906 § 1, 2012; Ord. 935 § 1, 2015; Ord. 997 § 1 (Exh. A), 2023)
While performing the necessary work on private properties referred to in HMC § 13.05.450, the Public Works Director 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 and accessible conditions as required in HMC § 13.05.390.
(Ord. 601 Art. IX § 2, 1991; Ord. 935 § 1, 2015; Ord. 997 § 1 (Exh. A), 2023)
The Public Works Director 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 sewage works 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. 601 Art. IX § 3, 1991; Ord. 935 § 1, 2015; Ord. 997 § 1 (Exh. A), 2023)
Any person found to be violating any provision of this chapter shall be served by the City 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.
(Ord. 601 Art. X § 1, 1991; Ord. 997 § 1 (Exh. A), 2023)
Any person who shall continue any violation beyond the time limit provided for in HMC § 13.05.480 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall be fined in an amount not exceeding the greater of (1) $500.00, or (2) the penalty amount stated in OAR Chapter 340, Division 12 for each violation. Each day in which any such violation shall continue shall be deemed a separate offense.
(Ord. 601 Art. X § 2, 1991; Ord. 666 § 1, 1995; Ord. 906 § 1, 2012; Ord. 997 § 1 (Exh. A), 2023)
1. 
It shall be unlawful for any person other than authorized City of Harrisburg personnel to tamper with any line or any appliances, equipment or other appurtenances to the City of Harrisburg sanitary sewer system.
2. 
Any developer, contractor, property owner, or private citizen who connects to the City sewer main without prior City approval and without City public works personnel on site at the time the connection is made shall be subject to having that service terminated, fined up to $500.00, and required to pay for the City inspection of the work performed and any corrections required by the City Engineer.
3. 
Nothing in this section or chapter shall prevent a person in violation of this chapter from being prosecuted for criminal mischief under ORS Chapter 164.
(Ord. 601 Art. X § 3, 1991; Ord. 716 § 4, 1996; Ord. 749 § 1, 1998; Ord. 906 § 1, 2012; Ord. 997 § 1 (Exh. A), 2023)
Any person or persons, as the result of violating any of the provisions of this chapter, causing any expense, loss or damage to the City shall immediately become liable to the City for the full sum of such expense, loss or damage. The City Council may, at its discretion, instruct the City Attorney to proceed against any such person or persons, in any court of competent jurisdiction, in a civil action to be brought in the name of the City, for the recovery of the full sum of any expense, loss or damage sustained by the City.
(Ord. 601 Art. XI, 1991; Ord. 997 § 1 (Exh. A), 2023)
If any clause, sentence, paragraph, section, article or portion of this chapter for any reason shall be adjudged invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, such judgment shall not affect, impair or invalidate the remainder of this chapter, but shall be confined in its operation to the clause, sentence, paragraph, section or portion of this chapter directly involved in the controversy in which judgment is rendered.
(Ord. 601 Art. XII § 2, 1991; Ord. 997 § 1 (Exh. A), 2023)