A. Inspection frequency. The Property Maintenance Division shall select a minimum of 10 machines or no more than 33.3% of an operator's vending machines (to be identified by the Property Maintenance Division) located within the City of Reading for inspection.
B. Access for inspection. The Property Maintenance Division, after proper identification, shall be permitted to enter at any reasonable time and after reasonable notice, upon any private or public property where vending machines are operated, or from which such machines are otherwise serviced, for the purpose of determining compliance with the provisions of this Part. The operator shall make provision for the Property Maintenance Division to have access, either in company with an employee or otherwise, to the interior of all food vending machines operated by him.
C. Notification of inspection findings. Whenever an inspection of food vending machines is made, a copy of the completed inspection form set out in this Part shall be furnished to the operator. Whenever the Property Maintenance Division discovers a violation of any provision of this Part, it shall notify the operator concerned either by the inspection report form set out in this Part or by other written notice. Such form or notice, which is a public document, shall:
(1) Describe the condition found.
(2) Provide a specific and reasonable period of time for the correction of the condition.
(3) State that an opportunity for a hearing on inspection findings will be provided if a written request for such hearing is filed with the Property Maintenance Division within five days of receipt of the notice. The Property Maintenance Division may also advise the operator in writing that unless the violations are corrected within the specified period of time, any permit issued under the provision of this Part may be suspended or revoked in accordance with the provisions of this Part, or court action may be initiated.
(4) Inspection fee. On the year of inspection, every operator shall pay an inspection fee of per machine for those machines that are inspected. The cost of inspection for a vending machine bank shall be set by ordinance, plus an additional amount for each additional machine located within the vending machine bank. Said fees shall be as provided in Chapter 212, Fees.
(5) Report forms. Inspection report forms will be provided by the Property Maintenance Division.