The Engineer and other duly authorized employees of the County
in regulating, constructing or inspecting water and sewer districts,
facility operation and maintenance or any other matter over which
he or she has jurisdiction pursuant to this chapter and Title 9 of
the Delaware Code shall be permitted to enter all private or public
properties for the purpose of inspection or determining whether a
violation exists of an enforceable statute or regulation. Access shall
be permitted upon giving verbal notice and after presenting official
identification to the owner, occupant, custodian or agent of said
property.
The Engineer and other duly authorized employees, agents, consultants
and/or contractors of the County bearing proper credentials and identification
shall be permitted to enter all private properties through which the
County 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 improvements lying within said
easement. All entry and subsequent work, if any, within said easement
shall be done in full accordance with the terms of the duly negotiated
easement agreement pertaining to said private property.
