The Committee or its duly authorized assistants shall have the right to enter upon any premises connected with any public sewer or drain, at all reasonable hours, for the purpose of ascertaining whether the provisions of this chapter or any other ordinance in regard to house drains or connections have been complied with and whether the drain connecting such premises with the public sewers is in good condition, and if it shall find that said drain or its appurtenances do not conform to the provisions of law in regard thereto or have become clogged, obstructed, broken, or out of order, it shall notify the owner, agent, occupant, or person having charge of the building or premises which are drained by said drain. It shall, thereupon, be the duty of said owner, agent, occupant, or person having charge of said building or premises to cause said drain or its appurtenances to be removed, reconstructed, repaired, altered, or cleansed as the condition of said drain or appurtenances may require. In case of the neglect or refusal of said owner, agent, occupant, or other person to remove, reconstruct, repair, alter, or cleanse said drain or appurtenances for the space of three days after receiving notice from the Committee, it shall cause work to be done in such manner as it may deem expedient and shall charge the expense thereof to the said owner, agent, occupant, or other person aforesaid.
(Prior Code, Chapter 20, Article 5, § 8)