(a) Applicability. This section applies to all facilities that have storm water discharges associated with industrial activity, including construction activity.
(b) Access to Facilities.
(1) The City of Streetsboro may, upon identification to the owner or person in charge of a facility, enter any premises upon obtaining an agreement with the owner, tenant, or manager of the land in order to determine whether there is compliance with these rules.
(2) If the City of Streetsboro is unable to obtain such an agreement, the City of Streetsboro may apply for, and a judge of the Portage County Court of Common Pleas may issue, an appropriate inspection warrant as necessary to achieve the purpose of these rules. The City of Streetsboro, if it is able to demonstrate probable cause to believe that there may be a violation of these rules or that there is a need to inspect and/or sample as part of a routine inspection and sampling program to verify compliance with these rules or any order issued hereunder, or to protect the overall public health, safety, and welfare of citizens; may seek, as part of the inspection warrant:
A. Access to all parts of the premises for the purposes of inspection, sampling, examination and copying of records that must be kept under the conditions of an NPDES permit to discharge storm water, and the performance of any additional duties as defined by state and federal law.
B. Permission to set up on any NPDES permitted facility such devices as are necessary in the opinion of the City of Streetsboro to conduct monitoring and/or sampling of the facility's storm water discharge.
C. Removal of any temporary or permanent obstruction to safe and easy access to the facility to be inspected and/or sampled with the costs of clearing such access borne by the owner, tenant, or manager of the property. (Ord. 2010-31. Passed 4-26-10.)