28-17 Right of entry for inspection.

(a)    Any authorized employee of the Water Services Department shall, upon presentation of his credentials, have free access as that term in herein defined at all reasonable hours to any commercial or industrial premises connected to the City’s service area or connected to the City’s sewer system for purposes of assessing applicability and/or compliance with the requirements of this chapter.

(b)    Servicemen, water quality inspectors, sanitary engineers, or other employees of the Water Services Department, whose duty it may be to enter upon commercial or industrial premises to make inspections and collect samples or measure the quantity of wastes discharged to the City sewer, shall be provided with credentials to identify them as authorized representatives for the Water Services Department.

(c)    No person, except an authorized employee of the Water Services Department, shall have or exhibit any credentials of the Water Services Department. It shall be the duty of each employee of the Department, upon resignation or dismissal, to deliver and surrender at the office of the Director all credentials of the Department in his possession.

(d)    Any user or potential user shall allow all inspection, monitoring, copying of records, etc., reasonably needed by the Director or his agent to perform the duties required or needed under this chapter.

(Ord. No. G-1935, § 2; Ord. No. G-2649, § 2; Ord. No. G-3384, § 1; Ord. No. G-5444, § 3, adopted 10-21-2009, eff. 11-20-2009)