Inspection.
Riverside Municipal Code § 14.12.215
in effect14.12.215 - Inspection.
A. The Director may inspect any user facilities to ascertain whether the requirements of this chapter are being met. Persons on the premises shall allow the Director ready access at all reasonable times to all parts of the premises for the purpose of inspection, photography, video or electronic image recording, sampling, and records examination of any facility, equipment (including monitoring and pollution control equipment), practices or operations regulated or required by an industrial user permit or other control document, this chapter, or the City's NPDES Storm Water Permit.
B. The user shall ensure that there is always a person on site, during normal business hours, that has knowledge of the user's processes and activities to accompany the Director during the inspection, and can respond within 15 minutes of the Directors arrival, or else the user shall be found in violation of unnecessarily delaying the inspection.
C. The user shall provide immediate access when the Director believes an emergency exists, regardless of the hour of the day.
D. All pretreatment equipment shall be immediately accessible at all times for inspection. At no time shall any material, debris, obstacles or obstructions be placed in such a manner that will prevent immediate access to the pretreatment equipment.
E. No person shall interfere with, delay, resist or refuse entrance to the Director when attempting to inspect any facility involved with a discharge into the City's POTW, sewer, storm drain or stormwater conveyance systems.
F. The user shall make all necessary arrangements with the user's security personnel so that, upon presentation of suitable identification, personnel from the City will be permitted to enter, without delay, for the purpose of performing their specific responsibilities.
G. The user shall make all records required to be kept under the provisions of this chapter available for copying by the Director.
(Ord. 7551 §4, 2021; Ord. 7362 § 6, 2017; Ord. 7032 §2, 2009; Ord. 6637 §2 (part), 2002; Ord. 6232 §2 (part), 1995)
Source: City of Riverside, California, Municipal Code and City Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/ca/riverside/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=PTIICOOR_TIT14PUUT_CH14.12DIWAINPUSEPOINSTDRSY_DIVIIGEPR_14.12.215INFetched: 11/1/2026