(A) The Town Engineer, or his or her designee, bearing proper credentials and identification, may enter and inspect all properties for regular periodic inspections, investigations, monitoring, observation, measurement, enforcement, sampling and testing, to effectuate the provisions of this section, and/or the NPDES Storm Water Permit. The Town Engineer, or his or her designee, shall duly notify the owner of the property or the representative on site, and the inspection shall be conducted at reasonable times.
(B) Upon refusal by any property owner to permit an inspector to enter or to continue an inspection, the inspector shall terminate the inspection or confine the inspection to areas wherein no objection is raised. The inspector shall immediately report the refusal and its grounds to the Town Engineer. The Town Engineer may seek appropriate compulsory process.
(C) In the event the Town Engineer, or his or her designee, reasonably believes that discharges into the Town MS4 may cause an imminent and substantial threat to human health or the environment, the inspection may take place at any time and without notice to the owner of the property or a representative on site.
(D) At any time during the conduct of an inspection or at such other times as the Town Engineer, or his or her designee, may request information from an owner or representative, the owner or representative may identify areas of the facility or establishment, material or processes that contain or may contain a trade secret.
(1) If the Town Engineer, or his or her designee, has no clear and convincing reason to question the identification, the inspection report shall note that trade secret information has been omitted.
(2) To the extent practicable, the Town Engineer, or his or her designee, shall protect all information that is designated as a trade secret by the owner or their representative.
(Ord. 2012-18, passed 11-12-12)