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operation. The city, Metro Sewer Board, MPCA and EPA shall have the right to set up on the userÓs property such devices as are necessary to conduct sampling, inspection, compliance monitoring and/or metering operations. Where a user has security measures in force which would require proper identification and clearance before entry into their premises, the user shall make necessary arrangements with any security guards so that upon presentation of suitable identification, the city, MPCA and EPA will be permitted to enter, without delay, for the purposes of performing their specific responsibilities. (b) The city shall have no authority to inquire into any industrial processes beyond that point in the process having a direct bearing on the kind and source of discharge to the sewers or waterways or facilities for treatment. (c) While performing the necessary work on private properties referred to in divisions (D)(6)(a) and (D)(6)(b) above, city employees shall observe all safety rules applicable to the premises established by the company. (E) Civil action. If any person discharges sewage, industrial wastes or other wastes into the cityÓs wastewater disposal system contrary to the provisions of this section, federal or state pretreatment requirements or any order of the city, the city may commence an action for appropriate civil relief. Ord. 2d 91, amended 09/26/2018. § 51.11 RULES AND REGULATIONS RELATING TO STORMWATER DRAINAGE UTILITY. (A) Statutory authority. M.S. £ 444.075 (Ðthe ActÑ) authorizes cities to impose just and reasonable charges for the use and availability of storm sewer facilities (ÐchargesÑ). By this chapter, the city elects to exercise such authority. (B) Findings and purpose. In providing for such charges, the following findings and determinations are made. (1) In the exercise of its governmental authority and in order to promote the public health, safety, convenience and general welfare, the city has constructed, operated and maintained a storm sewer system (the ÐsystemÑ). This chapter is adopted in the further exercise of that authority. (2) The system, as constructed, heretofore has been financed and paid for through the imposition of special assessments and ad valorem taxes. The financing methods were appropriate to the circumstances at the time they were used. It is now necessary and desirable to provide an alternative method of recovering some or all of the future costs of operating, maintaining and improving the system through the imposition of charges as provided in this section. (3) In imposing charges, it is necessary to establish a methodology that undertakes to make them just and equitable. Taking into account the status of completion of the system, past methods of recovering system costs, and other relevant factors, it is determined that it would be just and equitable to assign responsibility for some or all of the future costs of operating, maintaining and 47 ΋tğŭĻ