(A) The Health Inspector, Fire Inspector and Building Inspector, working separately or together, shall be the main officers of the city to enforce this chapter.
(B) The officers are hereby authorized and directed to make inspections to determine the condition of dwellings, dwelling units, rooming units and premises located in the city, in order that they may perform their duties of safeguarding the health and safety of the occupants of dwellings and of the general public. To make the inspections, the officers may enter, examine and survey, at all reasonable times, all dwellings, dwelling units, rooming units and premises. If any person who is authorized by this section to inspect licensees and business is denied access to any premises receiving water from the city, the city may apply to a judge in the Circuit Court of Cook County for an administrative search warrant. The application for the warrant shall specify the basis upon which the warrant is being sought and shall include a statement that the inspection will be limited to a determination whether the premises is in compliance with all city ordinances and, where applicable, state and federal laws and regulations. On demand, the owner or lessee of any property so served shall furnish to the Superintendent of Water any information which the Superintendent may request regarding the piping system or systems or water use on the property. The refusal of this information, when demanded, shall be deemed evidence of the presence of improper connections as provided in this chapter.
(Ord. passed 7-12-1960)