The city may conduct tests as are necessary to enforce this sewer chapter and employees of the city may enter upon any property for the purpose of taking samples, obtaining information or conducting surveys or investigations relating to enforcement. Entry shall be made during operating hours unless circumstances require otherwise. In all cases where tests are conducted by the city for the purpose of checking to determine if a previously found violation of these chapters has been corrected, the cost of the tests shall be charged to the customer and added to the customer’s sewer charge. In those cases where the city determines that the nature or volume of a particular customer’s sewage requires more frequent than normal testing, the city may charge the customer for the tests, after giving the customer ten days’ written notice of its intention to do so, and the cost thereof shall be added to the customer’s sewer charge. In any case where industrial wastes are discharged to a public sewer, the city may require the customer, at the customer’s own expense, to test discharges on a regular basis and to report the test results to the Council within a reasonable time. All tests shall be as ordered by the city and shall be conducted by qualified personnel and in accordance with the standards set out in this subchapter. The city shall also be reimbursed for all inspections made, all testing costs and readings required by city personnel. All meters used by an industry to determine discharge volume and content shall be certified annually by an independent authority with the Superintendent to be notified thereof. Each industrial customer shall further notify the Superintendent of its sampling schedule and obtain the Superintendent’s approval thereto.
(1999 Code, § 97.09) Penalty, see § 52.999