The General Manager shall have the right to enter the premises of any user to determine whether the user is complying with all requirements of this chapter and any wastewater discharge permit or order issued hereunder. Users shall allow the General Manager ready access to all parts of the premises for the purposes of inspection, sampling, records examination and copying and the performance of any additional duties.
(A) Where a user has security measures in force which require proper identification and clearance before entry into its premises, the user shall make necessary arrangements with its security guards so that, upon presentation of suitable identification, the General Manager will be permitted to enter without delay for the purposes of performing specific responsibilities.
(B) The General Manager shall have the right to set up on the user’s property, or require installation of, the devices as are necessary to conduct sampling and/or metering of the user’s operations.
(C) The General Manager may require the user to install monitoring equipment as necessary. The facility’s sampling and monitoring equipment shall be maintained at all times in a safe and proper operating condition by the user at its own expense. All devices used to measure wastewater flow and quality shall be calibrated to ensure their accuracy, according to the frequency required in the user’s permit.
(D) Any temporary or permanent obstruction to safe and easy access to the facility to be inspected and/or sampled shall be promptly removed by the user at the written or verbal request of the General Manager and shall not be replaced. The costs of clearing the access shall be borne by the user.
(E) Unreasonable delays in allowing the General Manager access to the user’s premises shall be a violation of this chapter.
(F) The aforesaid officers and their authorized agents shall have the right of entry, during usual business hours, and at any time when, upon reasonable cause, they believe there is an immediate hazard to life, health or property, to inspect any and all buildings and premises in the performance of their duties. The aforesaid officers and their authorized agents shall have the right to take independent samples of any discharge from any industrial user to determine compliance with this chapter.
(1995 Code, § 7.20.040) (Ord. 17-03, passed 3-21-2017; Ord. 15-02, passed 5-5-2015)