Right of entry.
Las Vegas Municipal Code § 14.17.040
in effect14.17.040 - Right of entry.
(A) Whenever it shall be necessary for the purposes of this Chapter, the Director may enter upon any industrial user's facility, property, or premises and shall have ready access to all parts of the premises subject to this Chapter for the purposes of one or more of the following:
(1) Performing all inspection, surveillance and monitoring procedures necessary to determine, independent of information supplied by the industrial user, compliance or noncompliance with applicable pretreatment standards and requirements by the industrial user. Compliance monitoring and inspection shall be conducted at a frequency as determined by the Director and may be announced or unannounced;
(2) Setting up on the industrial user's property, or requiring the installation of, such devices as are necessary to conduct sampling or metering, or both, of the industrial user's operations;
(3) Examining and copying any records required to be kept under the provisions of this Chapter or of any other local, State or Federal regulation;
(4) Documenting and photographing any areas of the facility as deemed necessary for carrying out the duties of the City's pretreatment program including, but not limited to, documentation of the industrial user's compliance status, and for reinforcement of required written reports. The industrial user shall be allowed to review copies of photographs for trade secret claims upon request;
(5) Inspecting any monitoring equipment or method, pretreatment system equipment or operation;
(6) Sampling any discharge of wastewater into POTW; or
(7) Inspecting any production, manufacturing, fabricating or storage area where pollutants, regulated under this Chapter, could originate, be stored, or be discharged to the POTW.
(B) In connection with an entry pursuant to subsection (A), the occupant of property or premises shall render all proper assistance in such activities. Where an industrial user has security measures in place which require proper identification and clearance before entry into its premises, the industrial user shall make necessary arrangements with its security personnel so that authorized representatives of the Director will be permitted to enter without delay to perform their specified functions.
(C) The Director and other duly authorized agents and employees of the City are entitled to enter all private properties through which the City or any connecting jurisdiction holds an easement or similar access or occupancy right.
(D) Refusal to allow entry or causing unreasonable delay. In the event the Director or other duly authorized representative of the City is refused entry or is unreasonably delayed, such refusal or delay is a violation of this Chapter and may result in enforcement action as allowed for under this Chapter, including revocation of an industrial wastewater discharge permit, authorization to discharge, or other control mechanism.
(E) Any temporary or permanent obstruction to safe and easy access to the facility to be inspected or sampled, or both, shall be promptly removed by the industrial user at the written or verbal request of the Director and shall not be replaced before inspection or sampling is completed. The costs of clearing such access shall be borne by the industrial user.
(F) Search warrants. If the Director or another authorized representative of the City is 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, that there is a need to inspect or sample, or both, as part of a routine inspection and sampling program of the City designed to verify compliance with this Chapter or any permit, authorization to discharge, other control mechanism, or order issued under this Chapter, or that there is a need to protect the overall public health, safety and welfare of the community, the Director may seek issuance of a search warrant from the City of Las Vegas Municipal Court or another court of competent jurisdiction.
(Ord. No. 6891, § 2, 11-6-24)
Source: City of Las Vegas, Municipal Code and City Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/nv/las_vegas/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=TIT14PUSE_CH14.17WACOTR_14.17.040RIENFetched: 10/28/2026