§ 26-268. Authority of inspectors.

(a)

Duly authorized employees of the village, Metropolitan Water Reclamation District, the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency, and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, bearing proper credentials and identification, shall be permitted to enter all properties for the purposes of inspection, observation, measurement, sampling, and testing in accordance with the provisions of this ordinance. The village or its representative shall have no authority to inquire into any processes, including metallurgical, chemical, oil refining, ceramic, paper, or other industries beyond that point having a direct bearing on the kind and source of discharge to the sewers or waterway or facilities for waste treatment.

(b)

Duly authorized employees of the village bearing proper credentials and identification shall be permitted to enter all private properties through which the village holds an easement, for the purpose of, but not limited to, inspection, observation, measurement, sampling, repair, and maintenance of any portion of the public sewers 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 easement pertaining to the private property involved.

(c)

In the event that permission to enter the property is denied, the Village Engineer may close the water service valve and discontinue the source of water to the premises until entry is permitted.

(Code 1993, § 18-7.30; Ord. No. 98-O-38, 5-26-1998)