(A) By accepting utility services from the town, customers acknowledge and agree that any authorized employee of the Public Works or Utility Department, upon presentation of his or her credentials, shall have free access at all reasonable hours to any residential, commercial or industrial premises connected to the town’s water service area and/or connected to the town’s sewer system for purposes of assessing applicability and/or compliance with the requirements of this title, subject to A.R.S. Title 9, Chapter 7, Article 4.
(B) Any user or potential user shall allow all inspection, monitoring, copying of records and the like, reasonably needed by the Public Works Director to perform the duties required or needed under this title.
(C) In case any authorized employee of the Department is refused or delayed admittance to any premises, or, upon being admitted, shall be hindered or prevented from making the inspection, examination or review of records the Public Works Director may cause the water to be turned off from the premises after giving 24 hours’ notice to the owner or occupant of the premises of his or her intention to do so.
(D) Service persons and other employees of the Department whose duty it may be to enter upon private premises to make inspections, collect samples, examine pipes, fixtures or attachments or to measure the quantity or quality of wastes delivered to the town sewer, shall be provided with credentials to identify the employees as authorized representatives of the Department.
(E) (1) Only authorized employees of the Department shall have or exhibit credentials of the Department.
(2) It shall be the duty of each employee of the department upon resignation or dismissal to surrender and deliver, at the office of the Human Resources Director, all credentials of the Department.
(2001 Code, § 15-1-5) (Ord. 04-578, passed 7-22-2004; Am. Ord. 2022-913, passed 2-22-2022)