In order to ensure the health, welfare and safety of the citizens of the city, any officer or employee of the city is hereby authorized to investigate the unexplained use of the municipal sewer system and any other phenomenon indicating that the municipal sewer service is being used but not paid for according to this code or is being mishandled or misused in a manner that may create a hazardous condition, or resold to tenants or households other than as allowed by agreement with the city and in the name of the person to whom the municipal sewer service is supplied. Any municipal employee may, during the course of official business, enter upon private property to investigate service or transmission facilities of the municipal sewer system located thereon and, if necessary for the protection of the public, discontinue service.
(Prior Code, § C-3-5)
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Related provisions, see SDCL §§ 9-29-1 and 9-40-1