The Engineer may make such inspections or investigations as he deems necessary at any reasonable time in any building or on any premises or lot for any of the following purposes:
(a) To determine the size, depth, and location of any sewer connection;
(b) To determine the outlet of any sewer connection by depositing testing materials in any plumbing fixture attached thereto and flushing the same, if necessary;
(c) To determine by measurements and samples the quantity and nature of sewage or waste water being discharged into any sewer, storm drain, or watercourse;
(d) To inspect, test, or sample the discharge of any device used to prevent the discharge into any sewer, storm drain, or watercourse of unlawful wastes or unlawful quantities of waste, such as floor drains, sand boxes, grease traps, or other clarifiers, and of devices used to grind, shred, pulverize, or otherwise treat garbage or industrial waste before discharging the same into a sewer or storm drain;
(e) To determine the location of roof, swimming pool, and surface drains and whether they are connected to a street gutter, storm drain, or sewer; and
(f) To determine the nature and quantity of flow in any open watercourse or storm drain.
No person shall interfere with, prevent, or refuse to permit the entry of the Engineer into any building or upon any premises or lot for any of the purposes set forth in this section. (§ 804, Ord. 497; as amended by § 2, Ord. 1470, eff. July 14, 2016)