(A) Legal authority. The pretreatment coordinator and other authorized representatives or employees of the city, bearing proper credentials and identification, shall be permitted to enter immediately upon any premises in which a wastewater source is located, or in which any records required to be maintained pursuant to this chapter are located, and may have access to and copy any records, and conduct any inspection, observation, measurement, sampling, or testing necessary to enforce this chapter.
(B) Search warrants. If the city has been refused access to a building, structure or property or any part thereof, and if the pretreatment department has demonstrated probable cause to believe that there may be a violation of this chapter or that there is a need to inspect as part of a routine inspection program of the city designed to verify compliance with this chapter or any permit or order issued hereunder, or to protect the overall public health, safety and welfare of the community, then upon application by the City Attorney, the municipal court judge of the city shall issue a search and/or seizure warrant describing therein the specific location subject to the warrant. The warrant shall specify what, if anything may be searched and/or seized on the property described. Such warrant shall be served at reasonable hours by the pretreatment department in the company of a uniformed police officer of the city. In the event of an emergency affecting public health and safety, inspections shall be made without the issuance of a warrant.
(Ord. 17-1121, passed 11-21-2017)