Whenever necessary to make an inspection to enforce any ordinance
or resolution, or whenever there is reasonable cause to believe there
exists an ordinance or resolution violation in any building or upon
any premises within the jurisdiction of the city, any authorized official
of the city may, upon presentation of proper credentials, enter such
building or premises at all reasonable times to inspect the same or
to perform any duty imposed upon him by ordinance; provided, that
except in emergency situations or when consent of the owner and/or
occupant to the inspection has been otherwise obtained, he shall give
the owner and/or occupant, if they can be located after reasonable
effort, twenty-four hours’ written notice of the authorized
official’s intention to inspect. The notice transmitted to the
owner and/or occupant shall state that the property owner has the
right to refuse entry and that in the event such entry is refused,
inspection may be made only upon issuance of a search warrant by a
duly authorized magistrate. In the event the owner and/or occupant
refuses entry after such request has been made, the official is empowered
to seek assistance from any court of competent jurisdiction in obtaining
such entry.
(Ord. 643 § 1, 1972)