(a) Required inspections.
(1) A boarding home facility must pass all required inspections.
(2) The licensee shall keep a current file of reports and other documentation on site that is needed to demonstrate compliance with applicable ordinances, laws, and regulations. Inspection records must be signed and dated by the appropriate authority and there must be no pending corrective actions.
(3) The following inspections are required:
(A) Licensing inspection.
(B) Annual licensing renewal inspection.
(C) Annual fire inspection.
(D) Annual kitchen inspection for a boarding home facility that provides meal preparation.
(E) A gas pipe pressure test performed every three years by the local gas company or a licensed plumber for a boarding home facility that receives natural gas service.
(F) Annual inspection of liquefied natural gas systems performed by an inspector certified by the Texas Railroad Commission for a boarding home facility with a liquefied natural gas system.
(b) Other inspections. The director may inspect any boarding home facility for the purpose of ascertaining whether violations of this chapter or any other city ordinances exist. The director is authorized at a reasonable time to inspect:
(1) the exterior of a structure and the surrounding premises; and
(2) the interior of a structure if the permission of the owner, occupant, or person in control is given or a search warrant is obtained.
(c) Consequences of refusal to inspect. If the owner, occupant, or person in control denies permission to search any part of the interior or exterior of the structure or the surrounding premises, the director may suspend the license to operate a boarding home facility in accordance with Section 8A-10(a)(2).
(d) Reinspections. Whenever a boarding home facility is inspected by the director and a violation of this code is found, the building or premises will, after the expiration of any time limit for compliance given in the notice or order issued because of the violation, be reinspected by the director to determine that the violation has been eliminated.
(e) Reinspection fee. The licensee shall pay:
(1) to the director of code compliance $150 for each reinspection after the first reinspection by that department that must be conducted before the violation is determined to be eliminated; and
(2) to the director of any other city department the fee required (if any) by the applicable code for each reinspection by that department that must be conducted before the violation is determined to be eliminated. (Ord. Nos. 28706; 32556)