The city shall have the right to enter the premises and facilities of any industrial user to determine whether the user is complying with all requirements of this chapter and any industrial wastewater discharge permit or order issued hereunder. Industrial users shall allow the city 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 an industrial user has security measures in force which require proper identification and clearance before entry into its premises, the industrial user shall make necessary arrangements with its security guards so that, upon presentation of suitable identification, the city shall be permitted to enter without delay for the purposes of performing specific responsibilities.
(B) The city shall have the right to set up on the industrial user's property, or require installation of, such devices as are necessary to conduct sampling and/or metering of the industrial user's operations.
(C) The city may require an industrial 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 industrial user at its own expense. All devices used to measure wastewater flow and quality shall be calibrated at a frequency to ensure continuous accuracy.
(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 industrial user at the written or verbal request of the city and shall not be replaced. The costs of clearing such access shall be borne by the industrial user.
(E) Unreasonable delays in allowing the city access to the industrial user's premises shall be a violation of this chapter. (Ord. 2020-018, 10-19-2020)