Grand Prairie |
Code of Ordinances |
Chapter 13. HEALTH AND SANITATION |
Article XI. ON-SITE SEWAGE FACILITIES |
§ 13-201. Right of entry: inspection and sampling.
The regulatory authority, TCEQ, or their designated representative shall have the right to enter onto any property with an on-site sewage system to determine whether the system is complying with all requirements of this article. Property owners/tenants shall allow inspecting or sampling personnel ready access to all parts of the premises for the purposes of inspection, sampling, records examination and copying, and the performance of any additional duties. The designated representative shall inspect any on-site system that is believed to be causing pollution, nuisance conditions, is a threat to the public health, or is illegally installed or altered.
(1)
If, upon inspection, it is found that any of these conditions exists, the designated representative shall take appropriate enforcement action, notify the owner of the on-site sewage facility of the violation and what steps must be taken to achieve compliance, and establish a compliance deadline. The on-site sewage facility shall be reinspected at the expiration of the compliance deadline.
(2)
The regulatory authority shall have the right to set up on the property, such devices as are necessary to conduct sampling of the operations. All sampling and analysis performed by the regulatory authority to monitor compliance shall be at the expense of the property owner/tenant.
(3)
Any temporary or permanent obstruction to safe and easy access to the facility to be inspected and/or sampled shall be promptly removed by the property owner/tenant at the written or verbal request of the regulatory authority and shall not be replaced. The costs of clearing such access shall be born by the property owner/tenant.
(4)
Unreasonable delays in allowing the inspecting or sampling personnel access to the property owner's/tenant's premises shall be a violation of this article.
(Ord. No. 7512, § 1, 10-17-06)