A. Adequate identification shall be provided by the city engineer for all inspectors and other authorized personnel and these persons shall identify themselves when entering any property for inspection purposes or when inspecting the work of any contractor.

B. Inspection of every facility that is involved directly or indirectly with the discharge of wastewater to the city’s sewerage systems may be made by the city engineer as he or she deems necessary. These facilities shall include, but not be limited to, sewers; sewage pumping plants; pollution control plants; all industrial processes; industrial wastewater generation, conveyance and pretreatment facilities, devices and connection sewers; and all similar sewerage facilities. Inspections may be made to determine that such facilities are maintained and operated properly and are adequate to meet the provisions of this chapter.

C. Access to all of the above facilities or to other facilities directly or indirectly connected to the city’s sewerage systems shall be given to authorized personnel of the city at all reasonable times including those occasioned by emergency conditions. Any permanent or temporary obstruction to easy access to the sewerage facility to be inspected shall promptly be removed by the facility user or owner at the written or verbal request of the city engineer and shall not be replaced.

D. No person shall unlawfully interfere with, delay, resist or refuse entrance to an authorized city inspector attempting to inspect any wastewater generation, conveyance or treatment facility connected directly or indirectly to the city’s sewerage systems. (Ord. 4740 § 1, 2013; Ord. 3667 § 1, 1995)