§ 15-1-62. RIGHT OF ENTRY.

(A)

The director may enter a customer's property or facility, including an easement or private property where a public or private potable water system is located, to gain access to a cross connection, backflow prevention assembly, or piping. The director's right of entry is a condition of a customer's water service or connection to the City's public water system.

(B)

The director may inspect a customer's potable water system, piping, or the records required under this chapter or the rules of a public water system with which the City has an agreement for wholesale water service.

(C)

A customer shall promptly remove, at the customer's sole expense, a security barrier or other obstacle to access by the director to the customer's property or facility.

(D)

In connection with action by the director under this chapter, a customer with water service provided by the utility commits an offense if the person:

(1)

denies the director right of entry;

(2)

fails to remove a barrier or obstacle to access by the director; or

(3)

unreasonably delays access by the director.

Source: Ord. 040108-3.