§ 6-193 Access to Facilities.

   (a)   The City of Carmel shall be permitted to enter and inspect any premises subject to regulation under this Article or subject to the conditions of a NPDES stormwater discharge permit as often as may be necessary to determine compliance with this Article. If a said premise has security measures in force, which require proper identification and clearance before entry into its premise, the owner of said premise shall make the necessary arrangements to allow access to representatives of the City of Carmel.

   (b)   The City of Carmel shall be provided ready access to all parts of the premises for the purposes of inspection, sampling, examination and provided access to all records that must be kept under the conditions of a NPDES stormwater discharge permit or this Article and shall be permitted to make copies of said records, and the performance of any additional duties as defined by state and federal law and any other applicable codes, ordinances, or laws which would otherwise have jurisdiction over the provisions of this Article.

   (c)   Unreasonable delay or refusal to allow the City of Carmel access to a premise subject to regulation under this Article or subject to the conditions of a NPDES stormwater discharge permit is a violation of this Article.

   (d)   If the City of Carmel has been refused access to any part of the premise, and the City of Carmel is able to demonstrate probable cause to believe that there may be a violation of this Article, or that there is a need to inspect and/or sample any discharges as part of an inspection and sampling program developed to verify compliance with this Article or any order issued hereunder, and/or to protect the overall public health, safety, and welfare of the City of Carmel, then the City of Carmel may seek issuance of a search warrant from any court of competent jurisdiction.

   (e)   Any temporary or permanent obstruction to safe and easy access to the premise to be inspected and/or sampled shall be promptly removed by the owner of the premises at the written or oral request of the City of Carmel and shall not be replaced. The costs of clearing such access shall be borne by the owner of the premise.

   (f)   It shall be unlawful for the entity of any premise to refuse to allow the City of Carmel to enter upon the premise for the purposes set forth in § 6-202.

(Ord. D-1794-06, 2-6-06)

§ 6-194 Monitoring of Discharges.

   (a)   The City of Carmel shall have the right to install on any premise, such devices as are necessary in the opinion of the City to conduct monitoring and/or sampling of the premise's discharge.

   (b)   The City of Carmel reserves the right to require the entity of said premise to install monitoring equipment as necessary. The premise's sampling and monitoring equipment shall be maintained at all times in a safe and proper operating condition by the entity at the expense of the entity. Data resulting from said monitoring shall be provided to the City of Carmel. All devices used to measure flow and quality shall be calibrated to ensure their accuracy.

(Ord. D-1794-06, 2-6-06)

§ 6-195 Removal of Mud and Other Substances from City Streets.

   No entity shall, under any circumstance, cause any mud, dirt, sand, gravel, stone or other similar substance to be deposited upon any City street at any time.

(Ord. D-1794-06, 2-6-06)