(a) Authority to enter. For the purpose of making inspections and otherwise performing duties under this article, the inspector is hereby authorized to enter, examine and survey at all reasonable times all housing for the purpose of performing the inspector's duty of safeguarding the health and safety of the occupants of housing and of the general public.
(b) Obtaining a warrant. Whenever an owner, occupant, or agent thereof shall deny the inspector reasonable access to any premises for purposes of making inspections, the housing inspector shall obtain a warrant to inspect as authorized by G.S. 15-27.2.
(Code 1982, § 5-212; Ord. No. 96-012, 11-14-1996)