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The Building Inspector or any of his designated agents may at any reasonable hour, enter any dwelling, multifamily dwelling, building, structure or premises within the City to perform any duty imposed on him by this Building Code, provided that permission to enter is obtained from the occupant or, in the case of unoccupied property, from the owner or his agent.
If such permission is refused or is otherwise unobtainable, a search warrant must be obtained before such entry or inspection is made, except in the case of an existing emergency in which case entry may be made at any time and no search warrant is necessary. No person shall refuse to permit such emergency entry or inspection, nor shall any person hinder, obstruct, resist or abuse any person making or attempting to make such entry or inspection.
In case a building or structure or part thereof falls and persons are known or believed to be buried in the ruins, it shall be the duty of the Building Inspector and of the Chief of the Fire Department to cause a search of the premises to be made for the rescue of the living and the recovery of the bodies of the dead. For such purpose he may temporarily hire persons and temporarily hire or purchase the materials, ways, works and means which may be necessary. Whenever, in making such search, it shall be necessary to remove debris from the premises, it shall be the duty of the various departments of the City, when called upon by the Building Inspector, to cooperate and provide a suitable and convenient dumping place for the deposit of debris.
(1970 Code Sec. 6-2)
Whoever violates any provision of this Part Seventeen - Building and Housing Code for which no other penalty is provided shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00) or imprisoned not more than thirty days or both. Each day's violation shall constitute a separate offense.