(1) The City Engineer shall have the right to set up on the discharger’s or permittee’s property, or require installation of, such devices as are necessary to conduct sampling, inspection compliance, and/or monitoring operations.

(2) Where a discharger or permittee has security measures in force which require proper identification and clearance before entry into its premises, the dischargers shall make necessary arrangements so that, upon presentation of suitable identification, the City Engineer or authorized representatives shall be permitted to enter without delay for the purposes of performing specific responsibilities.

(3) Facility operators shall allow the City Engineer ready access to all parts of the premises for the purposes of inspection, sampling, examination and copying of records that must be kept under conditions of an NPDES permit to discharge storm water, and the performance of any additional duties as defined by State and Federal law.

(4) Any temporary or permanent obstruction to safe and easy access to the facility to be inspected and/or sampled shall be promptly modified or removed by the discharger at the written or verbal request of the City Engineer and shall not be replaced without the consent of the City Engineer. The costs of clearing such access shall be borne by the discharger.

(5) Unreasonable delay in allowing the City Engineer access to a permitted facility is a violation of this title. A person who is the operator of a facility with an NPDES permit to discharge storm water associated with industrial activity commits an offense if the person denies the City Engineer reasonable access to the permitted facility for the purpose of conducting any activity authorized or required by this title. (Ord. 166, passed 12-10-2019)