A. The Health Officer and his duly authorized representative are authorized to make necessary inspections of commercial and private premises located within the City, in order to safeguard the health and safety of the general public. He is authorized to enter, for the purpose of examining and surveying, all areas of suspected health hazards in order to determine the degree of threat of such suspected health hazards to the community.
B. If permission to enter upon any premises for the purpose of inspection is denied, the inspecting officer shall apply for a search warrant. He shall supply all necessary affidavits containing knowledge of probable cause for the issuance of a search warrant.
C. Probable cause shall mean:
(1) The affiant has knowledge of a violation of any Health Code provision that may endanger or otherwise affect the health and safety of the inhabitants of the City.
(2) That such entry is for the purpose of reinspecting, necessitated by a previous notice of a health violation.
D. A warrant shall not be required for entry when:
(1) Emergency measures are required when there is imminent danger to public health and safety.
(2) When entry is by permission of, or at the request of, the owner or occupant.
(3) Where an inherent condition requires immediate inspection to determine if an imminent danger to health or safety exists.
(4) When inspections can be made without entering any locked structure or enclosure.
E. No inspector who gains entrance to a dwelling unit for the purpose of inspection, may obtain or furnish evidence of, or testify to, any offense other than a codes violation, except with respect to a misdemeanor or felony involving an act of violence which has been committed in his presence.