§ 37-705. Right of entry and easement access.

(a)

The director and other duly authorized personnel or staff of the county bearing proper credentials and identification shall have the right to enter the premises of any user without prior notice for the purposes of inspection, observation, measurement, sampling and testing in full accordance with the provisions of this article. This inspection, observation, measurement, sampling and testing by the director or other duly authorized county personnel or staff is hereby made a condition to the issuance of all industrial wastewater discharge permits granted hereunder.

(b)

Duly authorized personnel or staff of the county bearing proper credentials and identification shall be permitted to enter all private properties through which the county holds a duly negotiated easement, or which property holds an industrial wastewater discharge permit, or to which the county provides wastewater treatment services, for the purposes of, but not limited to, inspection, observation, gauging, measurement, sampling, repair and maintenance of any portion of the sewage works lying within the easement. Any subsequent work, if any, within the easement, shall be done in full accordance with the terms of the duly negotiated easement pertaining to the private property involved.

(Ord. No. 2002-20, § 1, 12-3-02)