Columbus City Codes § 2907.01 Duty of testing and sealing.
2907.01 - Duty of testing and sealing.
(a) When necessary for the enforcement of the weights and measures codes, the Sealer shall and is hereby:
(1) Authorized to enter any commercial premises during normal business hours, except that in the event such premises are not open to the public, he shall first present his credentials and obtain consent before making entry thereto, unless a search warrant has previously been obtained.
(2) Empowered to issue stop-use, hold, and removal orders with respect to any weights and measures commercially used, and stop-sale, hold, and removal orders with respect to any packaged commodities or bulk commodities kept, offered, or exposed for sale.
(3) Empowered to seize, for use as evidence, without formal warrant, any incorrect or unapproved weight, measure, package, or commodity found to be used, retained, offered, or exposed for sale or sold in violation of the provisions of this code or regulations promulgated pursuant thereto.
(4) Empowered to stop any commercial vehicle and, after presentment of his credentials, inspect the contents, require that the person in charge of that vehicle produce any documents in his possession concerning the contents, and require the Sealer to proceed with the vehicle to some specified place for inspection.
(5) With respect to the enforcement of the Weights and Measures Codes of the city of Columbus, the sealer is hereby vested with the authority and is commanded to file charges against any commercial vendors within the city of Columbus found to possess weighing and/or measuring devices which are in violation of the Weights and Measures Code.
(b) It shall be the duty of the sealer of weights and measures and the Sealer is authorized and required to test all weighing and measuring devices in the fee schedule used commercially in the city of Columbus at least once each calendar year, or as often as deemed desirable by the Sealer. However, in no case will the owner, operator, or user of said devices be charged for the required inspection fee more than once in any calendar year, unless the device(s) are found to be faulty, or by request of the vendor, or if the initial inspection fails, in which case the owner, operator, or user will be charged the appropriate fee regardless of the number of inspections in a calendar year. If he shall have found the same to be correct, according to the standards established by the Department of Agriculture of the state of Ohio, he shall seal and mark the same with a stamp or seal, or by pasting a card thereon, or with a tag showing that such weighing or measuring device has been tested, or in any other manner that he may deem proper, and the character or letters and figures to be stamped thereon shall be "C.S.," meaning thereby "Columbus Standard" and the date or year in which it was stamped or sealed.
(Ord. 1584-86; Ord. No. 2454-2014, § 4, 12-15-2014; Ord. No. 2019-2021, § 1, 7-26-2021)