§ 13-111. Power to enter property.  


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  • The environmental services director and other duly authorized employees of the city bearing proper credentials and identification are entitled to enter any public or private property at any reasonable time for the purpose of enforcing this article. Persons and occupants of premises where hazardous or regulated waste is generated, stored, disposed of, or otherwise kept, shall allow the city or their representatives ready access at all reasonable times to all parts of the premises for the purposes of inspection, sampling, records examination, or in the performance of any of their duties. The city shall have the right to set up on the user's property such devices as are necessary to conduct sampling inspection and compliance monitoring. Where persons or occupants of premises have security measures in force which would require proper identification and clearance before entry into their premises, the persons and occupants of the premises shall make necessary arrangements with their security guards so that upon presentation of suitable identification, personnel from the city will be permitted to enter, without delay, for the purposes of performing their specific responsibilities.

(Ord. No. 5625, § 1, 8-6-96)