The City Engineer and/or Director or other duly authorized employee of the City and/or of the county bearing proper credentials and identification shall be permitted to enter all properties for the purposes of inspection, observation, measurements, sampling and testing the quantity and quality of waste discharges to the sewers or waterways or facilities for waste treatment in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
While performing the necessary work on private properties referred to in § 299-34 above, the City Engineer and/or the Director or their duly authorized representatives shall observe all safety rules applicable to the premises established by the owner.
Refusal to permit the entry upon private lands required to perform the necessary work referred to in § 299-34 above shall be punishable by such penalties as may be prescribed under Article VIII.
The City Engineer 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 sewer 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.