(a) The Chief Building Official or designee may enter upon any premises at any reasonable time in the performance of his or her duties in the enforcement of this Building and Housing Code, except that no such employee shall enter a part of a building which is private and occupied as such, as defined in the Ohio Building Code, until he or she, upon request, has shown his or her credentials to the occupant thereof and secured his or her permission to enter such private part of the building.
(b) Before entering upon a premises, or while on a premises in the performance of his or her duties in the enforcement of this Code, the Chief Building Official or designee shall show his or her credentials upon request by the owner of the premises involved or by the contractor performing work on said premises.
(Ord. 122-03. Passed 12-8-03; Ord. 119-06. Passed 12-18-06; Ord. 5-16. Passed 2-8-16.)