The pretreatment coordinator has the right to enter the premises of any user to determine whether the user is complying with the requirements of this chapter and with any individual wastewater discharge permit or general permit or order issued under this chapter. Users must allow the pretreatment coordinator ready access to the entire premises for the purposes of inspection, sampling, records examination and copying, and the performance of any additional duties.
A. 
Where a user has security measures in force that require proper identification and clearance before entry into its premises, the user must make necessary arrangements with its security guards so that, upon presentation of suitable identification, the pretreatment coordinator will be permitted to enter without delay for the purposes of performing his or her responsibilities under this chapter.
B. 
The pretreatment coordinator has the right to set up on the user's property, or to require installation of, such devices as are necessary to conduct sampling and/or metering of the user's operations.
C. 
The pretreatment coordinator may require the user to install monitoring equipment as necessary. The facility's sampling and monitoring equipment must be maintained at all times in proper operating condition by the user at its own expense. All devices used to measure wastewater flow and quality must be calibrated quarterly to ensure their accuracy.
D. 
Any temporary or permanent obstruction to safe and easy access to the facility to be inspected and/or sampled must be promptly removed by the user at the written or verbal request of the pretreatment coordinator and must not be replaced. The costs of clearing such access must be borne by the user.
E. 
Unreasonable delay in providing the pretreatment coordinator access to the user's premises is a violation of this chapter.
F. 
There must be ample room in or near the monitoring facility to allow accurate sampling and preparation of samples and analysis. Whether constructed on public or private property, the monitoring facilities must be provided in accordance with the pretreatment coordinator's requirements and with all applicable local construction standards and specifications, and such facilities must be constructed and maintained in a manner so as to enable the pretreatment coordinator to perform independent monitoring activities.
(Ord. 757 § 7, 2010; Ord. 816 § 4, 2019)
If the pretreatment coordinator has been refused access to a building, structure, or property, or any part of the premises, and is able to demonstrate probable cause to believe that there may be a violation of this chapter, or that there is a need to inspect and/or sample as part of a routine inspection and sampling program of the city designed to verify compliance with this chapter or with any permit or order issued under the ordinance, or to protect the public health, safety and welfare, the pretreatment coordinator may seek issuance of a search warrant from any Magistrate as defined by, California Penal Code Section 808, per California Penal Code Section 1528.
(Ord. 757 § 7, 2010; Ord. 816 § 4, 2019)