(a) The Safety Service Director or his agent shall cause surveys and investigations to be made of all industrial and other properties served by the public water supply where private, auxiliary or emergency water supplies other than the public water supply are known to exist or where such supplies are likely to exist. Such surveys and investigations shall be made a matter of public record and shall be repeated as often as the Safety Service Director or his agent deems necessary.
(b) The Safety Service Director or his agent shall have the right to enter at any time, any property served by a connection to the public water supply or distribution system of the City for the purpose of inspecting the piping system or systems thereof. On demand the owner, lessees, or occupants of any property so served shall furnish to the Director any information which he may request regarding the piping system or systems and any private, auxiliary or emergency water supply used or useful on such property. The refusal of such information, when demanded, shall, within the discretion of the Director be deemed evidence of the presence of improper connections as provided in this section.
(c) Inspectors, meter readers or employees of the City whose duty it may be to enter upon private premises to examine meters, pipes or other fixtures used in connection with the City water system shall be equipped with a proper badge or such other credentials as the City may deem necessary to identify them as agents of the City. Such inspectors, meter readers or employees authorized by the City must have free access at all reasonable hours to all parts of the building for purpose of inspecting meters, examining fixtures, surveying for Back Flow/Back Siphonage hazards, and observing the manner in which the water is used. In case any authorized inspector, meter reader or employee is refused admittance to any premises or shall be hindered or prevented from making such examination, the water will be turned off and not turned on again until free access is given and the turn on fee described in 925.05(b) herein has been paid.
(Ord. 2016-13. Passed 7-18-16.)