A. Prior to making any inspections on private property, the Director and/or his or her designee shall present identification credentials, state the reason for the inspection and request entry.

B. If the property or any building or structure on the property is unoccupied, the Director and/or his or her designee shall first make a reasonable effort to locate the owner or other person(s) having charge or control of the property or portions of the property and request entry.

C. If after reasonable effort the Director and/or his or her designee is unable to locate the owner or other person(s) having charge or control of the property, and has reason to believe the condition of the storm water drainage system creates an imminent hazard to persons or property, the Director and/or his or her designee may enter.

D. Unless entry is consented to by the owner or person(s) in control of the property or portion of the property or unless conditions are reasonably believed to exist which create imminent hazard, the Director and/or his or her designee shall obtain a search warrant, prior to entry, as authorized by the laws of the State of Washington.

E. The Director and/or his or her designee may inspect the storm water system without obtaining a search warrant provided for in subsection D of this section, provided the inspection can be conducted while remaining on public property or other property on which permission to enter is obtained.

F. The City of Redmond shall investigate illicit discharges in an effort to identify the source. If such discharges are tracked to a specific connection to the public storm water drainage system, or directly to surface water or groundwater, inspection and investigation of that site will be initiated in compliance with the inspection procedures defined in this section. If the discharge is an imminent threat to public safety or the environment, emergency action shall be taken in accordance with this section. (Ord. 3031 § 2, 2021; Ord. 2859 § 2 (part), 2016: Ord. 2473 § 2 (part), 2009; Ord. 1870 § 1 (part), 1996).