Continued connection and use of the city's sewer system shall be contingent on the right of the city to inspect and sample all discharges into the system. The city shall have the right to enter the facilities of any user for the purpose of the enforcement of this chapter and to determine that any wastewater discharge authorization or order issued hereunder is being met and whether the user is complying with all requirements thereof. Users shall allow the director 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.
(1) 
Where a user has security measures in force which require proper identification and clearance before entry into its premises, the user shall make necessary arrangements with its security guards so that, upon presentation of suitable identification, the director will be permitted to enter without delay for the purposes of performing specific responsibilities.
(2) 
The director shall have the right to set up on the user's property or require installation of such devices as are necessary to conduct sampling and/or metering of the user's operations.
(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 user at the written or verbal request of the director and shall not be replaced. The costs of clearing such access shall be borne by the user.
(4) 
Unreasonable delays in allowing the director access to the user's premises shall be a violation of this chapter.
(Ord. 2072 § 6.1, 1996)
(1) 
Each significant industrial user (SIU) shall provide and operate at its own expense a monitoring facility to allow inspection, sampling, and flow measurements of each sewer discharge to the city. Each monitoring facility shall be situated on the user's premises, except where such a location would be impractical or cause undue hardship on the user, the city may concur with the facility being constructed in the public street or sidewalk area; provided, that the facility is located so that it will not be obstructed by landscaping or parked vehicles. The director, whenever applicable, may require the construction and maintenance of sampling facilities at other locations (for example, at the end of a manufacturing line, wastewater treatment system).
(2) 
A monitoring facility shall consist of a manhole or other structure in which a prefabricated palmer-bowlus or parshall flume shall be installed. The flume shall be of standard dimension and shall be manufactured of corrosion resistant materials.
(3) 
The flume shall be installed such that free-flowing conditions occur downstream of the throat of the flume structure. A permanent, digital, recording, totalizing, open channel flowmeter shall be permanently installed in a weatherproof enclosure. The flowmeter installation shall include an appropriate automatic system to measure the water level through the flume at the appropriate control point so that flow rate can be automatically calculated at selected intervals. Measured liquid level readings shall be converted into corresponding flow rates using internal conversion algorithms.
(4) 
The flowmeter shall be capable of initiating the operation of an attached sampler. The flowmeter signal shall be a five to 15 volt DC pulse or isolated contact closure of at least 25 milliseconds duration. Sample interval frequency shall be user selected.
(5) 
The monitoring facility shall be approved by the director in writing prior to construction. Existing monitoring facilities may be approved in lieu of new construction if approval of the installation, in writing, is provided by the director. Monitoring facilities shall include a secure area for placement of a portable sampler owned by the city.
(6) 
There shall be ample room in or near such sampling facility to allow accurate sampling, flow measurement and preparation of samples for analysis. The facility, sampling, and measuring equipment shall be maintained at all times in a safe and proper operating condition at the expense of the user. All monitoring facilities shall be constructed and maintained in accordance with all applicable local construction standards and specifications.
(7) 
The director may require the user to install monitoring equipment as necessary. All devices used to measure wastewater flow and quality shall be calibrated to ensure their accuracy. Such monitoring equipment and activities shall be provided at the expense of the user.
(8) 
The requirements of this section shall apply to each significant industrial user. A monitoring facility shall also be installed by any nondomestic user at the direction of the director. Compliance with this section shall be in accordance with the requirements of MMC § 14.20.150.
(Ord. 2072 § 6.2, 1996)
If the director has been refused access to a building, structure or property, or any part thereof, 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 as part of a routine inspection program of the city designed to verify compliance with this chapter or any wastewater discharge authorization or order issued hereunder, or to protect the overall public health, safety and welfare of the community, then the director shall seek issuance of a search and/or seizure warrant from the municipal court, the district court, or the Snohomish County superior court. Such warrant shall be served at reasonable hours by the director and may be accomplished in the company of a uniformed police officer of the city.
(Ord. 2072 § 6.3, 1996)
No person shall willfully or negligently break, damage, destroy, uncover, deface, tamper with, or prevent access to any structure, appurtenance or equipment, or other part of the POTW. Any person found in violation of this requirement shall be subject to the sanctions set out in this chapter.
(Ord. 2072 § 6.4, 1996)