Whenever necessary for the purpose of enforcing the provisions of this Fire Prevention Code, or whenever the code official has reasonable cause to believe that there exists in any structure or upon any premises, any condition which makes such structure or premises unsafe, the code official shall be permitted to enter such structure or premises at all reasonable times to inspect the same or to perform any duty imposed upon the code official by this code; provided that if such structure or premises is occupied, the code official shall first present proper credentials and request entry. If such entry is refused, the code official shall have recourse to every remedy provided by law to secure entry.
(Ord. 54-93. Passed 8-16-93.)