(i) The City shall have the right to enter the premises of any site discharging stormwater to the stormwater drainage system or to water quality controls or to waters of the United States to determine if the Owner is complying with all requirements of this article and with any state or federal discharge permit, limitation, or requirement.
(ii) Owners must allow the City ready access (no more than 48 hours from time of request) to all parts of the premises for the purposes of inspection, sampling, and records examination and copying, and for the performance of any additional duties.
(iii) Owners shall make available to the City within five (5) working days, upon request, any SWPPPs, operating permits, site development permits, construction permits, modifications thereto, self-inspection reports, monitoring records, compliance evaluations, notices of intent, and any other records, reports, and other documents related to compliance with this
Section 7.3 and with any state or federal discharge permit.
(1) The City shall have the right to set up on the owner’s property, or require installation of discharger’s operations.
(2) The City may require any owner whose property discharges to the stormwater drainage system or waters of the United States to conduct specified sampling, testing, analysis, and other monitoring of its stormwater discharges, and may specify the frequency and parameters of any such required monitoring.
(3) The City may require the owner to install monitoring equipment as necessary at the discharger’s expense. The facility’s sampling and monitoring equipment shall be maintained at all times in a safe and proper operating condition by the discharger at its own expense. All devices used to measure stormwater flow and quality shall be calibrated to ensure their accuracy.
(4) Any temporary or permanent obstruction to safe and easy access to the facility to be inspected or sampled shall be promptly removed by the discharger at the written or verbal request of the City and shall not be replaced. The costs of clearing such access shall be borne by the owner.
(5) Unreasonable delays in allowing the City access to the discharger’s premises shall be a violation of this
Subsection N.
If the City has been refused access to any part of the premises from which stormwater is discharged, and the City is able to demonstrate probable cause to believe that there may be a violation of this article or any state or federal discharge permit, limitation, or requirement, or that there is a need to inspect and sample as part of a routine inspection and sampling program of the City designed to verify compliance with this article or any order issued hereunder, or to protect the overall public health, safety, and welfare of the community, then the City may seek issuance of a search warrant from any court of competent jurisdiction.
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