(a) Discharge of surface water or groundwater into the sanitary sewer system of the urban county government is prohibited. As a condition of initial or continued sewer service by the urban county government, owners and occupants of premises within Fayette County where there exists a sanitary sewer line which ultimately leads to the sanitary sewer system of the urban county government or where wastewater is discharged which ultimately flows into the sanitary sewer system of the urban county government shall allow representatives of the urban county government ready access at all reasonable times to all parts of the premises, whether inside or outside, for purposes of inspection to determine if surface water is discharged into the sanitary sewer system.
(b) Properly identified employees or other authorized representatives of the urban county government are authorized to enter any property, land, structure or building at all reasonable times for the purpose of performing an inspection(s) to determine if surface water or groundwater is discharged into the sanitary sewer system, subject to constitutional restrictions of unreasonable searches and seizures and may apply to the district court for a warrant allowing entrance and inspection.
(c) The division of water quality is authorized to create an inspection program related to such inspections to provide for a reasonable basis for performing inspections in the event that a discharge of surface water or groundwater into the sanitary sewer system is not directly observed.
(Ord. No. 13-2012, § 1, 1-26-12)