§ 5.6 INSPECTION.

   (A)   The Enforcement Officer shall be permitted to enter and inspect property subject to regulation under this section as often as is necessary to determine compliance with this section. If a responsible party has security measures that require identification and clearance before entry to its property or premises, the responsible party shall make the necessary arrangements to allow access by the Enforcement Officer.

   (B)   By way of specification but not limitation:

   § 5.6.1. A responsible party shall allow the Enforcement Officer ready access to all parts of the property for purposes of inspection, sampling, examination and copying of records related to a suspected, actual or imminent illicit discharge and for the performance of any additional duties as defined by state and federal law;

   § 5.6.2. The Enforcement Officer shall have the right to set up on any property such devices as are necessary in the opinion of the Enforcement Officer to conduct monitoring and/or sampling related to a suspected, actual or imminent illicit discharge;

   § 5.6.3. The Enforcement Officer shall have the right to require any responsible party at responsible party’s sole expense to install monitoring equipment and deliver monitoring data or reports to the Enforcement Officer as the Enforcement Officer directs. The sampling and monitoring equipment shall be maintained at all times in a safe and proper operating condition by the responsible party at responsible party’s sole expense. All devices shall be calibrated to ensure their accuracy;

   § 5.6.4. Any temporary or permanent obstruction to safe and easy access to property to be inspected and/or sampled shall be promptly removed by the responsible party at the written or oral order of the Enforcement Officer and shall not be replaced. The costs of clearing such access shall be borne by the responsible party;

   § 5.6.5. An unreasonable delay in allowing the Enforcement Officer access to a property is a violation of this chapter; and

   § 5.6.6. If the Enforcement Officer has been refused access to any part of the property from an illicit connection and/or illicit discharge to a municipal storm sewer is occurring, suspected or imminent, and is able to demonstrate probable cause to believe that there may be a violation of this chapter, or that there is a need to inspect and/or sample as part of a routine inspection and sampling program designed to verify compliance with this chapter or any order issued hereunder, or to protect the overall public health, safety and welfare of the community, then the Enforcement Officer may seek issuance of a search warrant from any court of competent jurisdiction.