301.03 RIGHT OF ENTRY AND INSPECTION.

   The Director of Building and Housing, or any officer or employee of the City or the Cuyahoga County Board of Health designated for that purpose, may at any reasonable hour enter any building or other premises within the City and inspect the same, or may inspect any vehicle within the City, stopping the vehicle if necessary, for the purpose of determining whether any violation of this Health Code, or any ordinance, statute or other regulation establishing requirements for the protection of the public health exists, provided permission to enter or inspect is obtained from the occupant, or, in the case, of unoccupied property, from the owner thereof or his agent. If such permission is refused or is otherwise unobtainable, a search warrant shall be obtained before such entry or inspection is made, except in the case of an existing emergency in which case entry or inspection may be made at any time and no search warrant is necessary.

(Ord. 17-91. Enacted 11-13-17.)