A. Inspection And Sampling: The City shall have the right to enter the facilities of any user to ascertain whether the purpose of this chapter, and any wastewater discharge permit or order issued hereunder, is being met and whether the user is complying with all requirements thereof. Users shall allow the Superintendent ready access to all parts of the premises for the purposes of inspection, sampling, records examination and copying, and the performance of any additional duties.
1. Where a user has security measures in force which require proper identification and clearance before entry into its premises, the user shall make necessary arrangements with its security guards so that, upon presentation of suitable identification, the Superintendent will be permitted to enter without delay for the purposes of performing specific responsibilities.
2. The Superintendent shall have the right to set up on the user's property, or require installation of, such devices as are necessary to conduct sampling and/or metering of the user's operations.
3. Any temporary or permanent obstruction to safe and easy access to the facility to be inspected and/or sampled shall be promptly removed by the user at the written or verbal request of the Superintendent and shall not be replaced. The costs of clearing such access shall be borne by the user.
4. Unreasonable delays in allowing the Superintendent access to the user's premises shall be a violation of this chapter.
B. Monitoring Facilities:
1. Each user shall provide and operate at its own expense a monitoring facility to allow inspection, sampling and flow measurements of each sewer discharge to the City. Each monitoring facility shall be situated on the user's premises, except, where such a location would be impractical or cause undue hardship on the user, the City may concur with the facility being constructed in the public street or sidewalk area, providing that the facility is located so that it will not be obstructed by landscaping or parked vehicles. The Superintendent, whenever applicable, may require the construction and maintenance of sampling facilities at other locations (for example, at the end of a manufacturing line or a wastewater treatment system).
2. There shall be ample room in or near such sampling facility to allow accurate sampling and preparation of samples for analysis. The facility, including the sampling and measuring equipment, shall be maintained at all times in a safe and proper operating condition at the expense of the user.
3. The Superintendent may require the user to install monitoring equipment as necessary. All monitoring facilities shall be constructed and maintained in accordance with all applicable local construction standards and specifications.
4. All devices used to measure wastewater flow and quality shall be calibrated to ensure their accuracy.
C. Search Warrants: If the Superintendent has been refused access to a building, structure or property, or any part thereof, 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 as part of a routine inspection program of the City designed to verify compliance with this chapter or any wastewater discharge permit or order issued hereunder, or to protect the overall public health, safety and welfare of the community, then the Superintendent shall seek issuance of a search and/or seizure warrant from the Kootenai County District Court. Such warrant shall be served at reasonable hours by the Superintendent in the company of a uniformed police officer of Kootenai County.
D. Vandalism: No person shall wilfully or negligently break, damage, destroy, uncover, deface, tamper with, or prevent access to any structure, appurtenance or equipment, or other part of the City of Hayden WWCS and/or POTW. Any person found in violation of this requirement shall be subject to the sanctions set out in this chapter. (Ord. 276, 11-10-1998; amd. Ord. 596, 5-24-2019)