Redding Municipal Code Div. IV Inspection and Monitoring

(a) Whenever necessary to make an inspection to enforce any provision of this chapter, or whenever the public works director has cause to believe that there exists, or potentially exists, in or upon any premises any condition which constitutes a violation of this chapter, the public works director may enter such premises at all reasonable times to inspect the same and to inspect records related to stormwater management compliance. In the event the owner or occupant refuses entry after a request to enter and inspect has been made, the city is hereby empowered to seek assistance from any court of competent jurisdiction in obtaining such entry.

(b) Routine or area inspections shall be based upon such reasonable selection processes as may be deemed necessary to carry out the objectives of this chapter including, but not limited to, compliance with requirements of the municipal general permit, visual evidence, complaints received, knowledge or physical evidence of industrial activities or other pollutant sources, random sampling, sampling in areas with evidence of stormwater contamination, illicit connections, and discharge of non-stormwater to the city stormwater conveyance system or similar factors.

(c) The public works director may conduct inspections pursuant to this chapter on private or public property. The public works director may enter upon private property to investigate the source of any discharge to any public street, inlet, gutter, the city stormwater conveyance system, or receiving waters.

(d) For purposes of verifying compliance with the provisions of this chapter, the public works director may inspect any vehicle, truck, trailer, tank truck or other mobile equipment, or any stationary equipment, which may reasonably be believed to be sources of pollutants or non-stormwater discharges.

(Ord. No. 2527, § I, 5-29-2015)

(a) During any inspection as provided herein, the public works director may take any samples and perform any testing deemed necessary to aid in the pursuit of the inquiry or to record site activities.

(b) The public works director may erect and maintain monitoring and sampling devices for the purpose of measuring any discharge or potential source of discharge to the city stormwater conveyance system or receiving waters.

(c) The public works director may investigate the integrity and layout of all storm drain and sanitary sewer system or other pipelines on the premises using appropriate tests, including, but not limited to, smoke or dye tests or video surveys.

(d) The public works director may conduct any necessary surveys, take photographs or video tape, make measurements or drawings, and create any other record reasonably necessary to document conditions on the premises.

(Ord. No. 2527, § I, 5-29-2015)

The public works director may require by written notice that any person engaged in any activity and/or owning or operating any facility which may cause or contribute to stormwater pollution, illicit discharges, and/or non-stormwater discharges to the city stormwater conveyance system or receiving waters, to undertake at said person's expense such monitoring and analyses and furnish such reports to the city as deemed necessary to determine compliance with this chapter.

(Ord. No. 2527, § I, 5-29-2015)

(a) Information and data on a discharger or potential discharger obtained from inspections reports, questionnaires, applications, permits, monitoring programs, records, or any other form of submittal to the city shall be available to the public or other governmental agency without notification unless the discharger or potential discharger specifically requests confidentiality as to any portion thereof and is able to demonstrate to the satisfaction of the public works director that the release of such information would divulge information, processes or methods of production entitled to protection as trade secrets of the discharger or potential discharger.

(b) Stormwater and non-stormwater constituents and characteristics will not be recognized as confidential information, and effluent data shall be available to the public without restriction.

(Ord. No. 2527, § I, 5-29-2015)

The public works director shall collect such fees as may be established by the city council to provide for the recovery of costs associated with implementing this chapter. Any such fees shall be established by resolution of the city council. Failure to pay required fees within the time period set in policy established by the public works director shall be a violation of this chapter.

(Ord. No. 2527, § I, 5-29-2015)