The Director shall have the power to and shall cause an inspection to be made from time to time of the premises of any and all factories, industries, garages, dwellings and other places of business and places that come under the jurisdiction of the city, the sewage or wastes from which are or may be discharged deposited or find their way either directly or indirectly into the Iowa River or any other watercourse within the city’s jurisdiction or into any sewer or the city sewer system, for the purpose of ascertaining whether any such factory, industry, garage or other place of business or the occupant or owner of any dwelling is complying with the terms and provisions of this subchapter or rules, regulations and requirements of the state’s Department of Natural Resources and shall report from time to time to the City Council the results of such inspections.
(2013 Code, § 28-49) (Ord. 14531, passed 3-25-1996)