If the Wastewater Superintendent or his designee has been refused access to a building, structure or property or any part thereof, and if the Wastewater Superintendent has demonstrated probable cause to believe that there may be a violation of this chapter or that there is a need to inspect as part of a routine inspection program of the town designed to verify compliance with this chapter or any permit or order issued hereunder, or to protect the overall public health, safety and welfare of the community or the environment, then upon application by the Town Attorney, a judge of a circuit or superior court of the county in which the wastewater discharge in question enters the POTW shall issue a search and/or seizure warrant describing the specific location subject to the warrant. The warrant shall specify what, if anything, may be searched and/or seized on the property described. Such warrant shall be served at reasonable hours by the Wastewater Superintendent in the company of a uniformed police officer of the town. In the event of an emergency affecting public health and safety or environmental quality, inspections shall be made without the issuance of a warrant.
(Ord. 2019-5, passed 4-22-19)