A. Periodic Inspections: After issuance of the license required by this chapter, periodic inspections will be made of the licensed establishment to ensure the continued compliance by the licensee with the standards and regulations found herein. (1988 Code § 4.16.050)
B. Authorized Inspectors: The following persons are authorized to conduct inspections in the manner prescribed herein:
1. County building inspector.
2. County sheriff or any of his deputies.
3. Health inspector.
4. County clerk.
5. County attorney.
6. Any other official of the county as appointed by the county commissioners. (1988 Code § 4.16.060)
C. Authority Of Inspectors: All persons authorized herein to inspect licensees and businesses shall have the authority, with or without a search warrant, to enter and inspect at all reasonable times, the following businesses, or portions thereof, which are open to the public:
1. Those for which a license is required.
2. Those for which a license was issued and which, at the time of the inspection, are operating under such license.
3. Those for which a license has been revoked or suspended. (1988 Code § 4.16.070)
D. Entry Powers:
1. Inspections: Whenever inspections of the premises used for or in connection with the operation of a licensed business or occupation are provided for or required by ordinance, or are reasonably necessary to secure compliance with any ordinance provision, or to detect violations thereof, it shall be the duty of the licensee, or the person in charge of the premises to be inspected, to admit thereto, for the purpose of making the inspection, any officer, employee or agent of the county who is authorized and directed to make such inspections at any reasonable time the admission is requested.
2. Samples: Whenever an analysis of any commodity or material is reasonably necessary to secure compliance with ordinance provisions, or to detect violations thereof, it shall be the duty of the licensee whose business is governed by such provision to give to any authorized officer or employee requesting the same sufficient samples of such material or commodity as are necessary for analysis. (1988 Code § 4.16.110)
E. Warrant Required: Any business or portion thereof which is closed to the public, where permission to enter has been denied by the proprietor or officer in charge, may only be inspected by an authorized officer who has in his possession a valid search warrant authorizing the inspection of said business. In no case will a warrant be required where the authorized inspector has reason to believe that there exists on the premises some condition which poses an eminent threat to the citizens of the county. (1988 Code § 4.16.080)
F. Reports By Inspectors: Persons inspecting licensees, their businesses or premises, as herein authorized, shall report all violations of this chapter to the county commissioners and shall submit such other reports as the commissioners shall require. (1988 Code § 4.16.090)
G. Provisional Order:
1. When an inspector has reported a violation of this chapter, the county commissioners, or any officer appointed by the commissioners, shall issue to the affected person or entity a provisional order to comply. The order shall be in writing and shall be personally served in the manner specified in the Utah rules of civil procedure. In the absence of the person affected or agent of the business, the notice shall be conspicuously affixed to some structure on the premises.
2. The order shall inform the affected person or entity of his particular violation and advise that the same must be corrected within thirty (30) days of service. The commissioners may extend the time period if the circumstances so justify.
3. If, after the expiration of the thirty (30) day period, the violation remains uncorrected, and if the commissioners have failed to extend said period, the license of the violator may be revoked in accordance with the procedures set out in section 4-1-18 of this chapter. (1988 Code § 4.16.100)