(A) Authority of city officials to enter. Whenever any officer or employee of the city is authorized to enter any building or premises for the purpose of making an inspection to enforce any ordinance, he may enter such building or premises at all reasonable times to inspect the same; provided that he shall effect entry in the manner provided in (B) of this section, except in emergency situations or when consent of the person having charge or control of such building or premises has been otherwise obtained.
(B) Conditions. If the building or premises to be inspected is occupied, the authorized officer or employee shall first present proper credentials and demand entry, and if such building or premises is unoccupied, he shall first make a reasonable effort to locate the owner or other person having charge or control of the building or premises and demand entry. If consent to such entry is not given, the authorized officer or employee shall have recourse to every remedy provided by law to secure entry.
(C) Applicability; provisions of section shall be controlling. This section shall be controlling over any other ordinance or part of an ordinance on the same subject, whether heretofore or hereafter adopted, unless such ordinance or part of an ordinance provides differently by an express reference to this section.
(D) Failure to comply. Notwithstanding any other ordinance of the city, whether heretofore or hereafter adopted, it shall not be a violation of this section to refuse or fail to consent to an entry for inspection.
(Ord. 92-10 § 1, § 2 and § 3 (part), 1992)