(a) The Building Department Director or his/her designee is hereby authorized and directed to make exterior inspections to determine the conditions of dwellings, dwelling units and premises, located within the City, in order that they may perform their duty of safeguarding the health and safety of the occupants of dwellings and of the general public. For the purpose of making such inspections, the Building Department Director or his/her designee, is hereby authorized to examine and survey at any reasonable time all exterior dwellings, dwelling units, and premises. The owner or occupant of every dwelling, dwelling unit, or the person in charge thereof, shall give free access to the areas of the exterior premises, including spaces which are enclosed by fencing or other screening described above, at any reasonable time, for the purpose of such exterior inspection, examination, and survey.
(b) Every occupant of a dwelling or dwelling unit shall give the owner thereof, or his agent or employee, access to remedy any violation to its exterior premises, including spaces which are enclosed by fencing or other screening described above at any reasonable time, for the purpose of making such repairs or alterations as are necessary to effect compliance with the provisions of this chapter or with any lawful rule or regulation adopted or any lawful order issued pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.
(Ord. 21-1024. Passed 11-3-21.)