(1) Whenever necessary to make an inspection to enforce any of the provisions of this chapter, or whenever an authorized enforcement officer has reasonable cause to believe that there exists in any building or upon any premises any condition which constitutes a violation of the provisions of this chapter, the officer may, upon consent or upon obtaining an inspection warrant, enter such building or premises at all reasonable times to inspect the same or perform any duty imposed upon the officer by this chapter.

(2) Routine or area inspections shall be based upon such reasonable selection process as may be deemed necessary to carry out the objectives of this chapter, including, but not limited to, random sampling and/or sampling in areas with evidence of storm water contamination, discharges of non-storm water into the city’s storm drain system, discharges which are not pursuant to an NPDES permit or similar factors.

(3) For the first failure to comply with any provisions of this chapter, the director of public works, or his or her designee, shall issue to the person believed to be the violator a written notice which includes the following:

(4) Each subsequent failure to comply with any provision of this chapter following written notice issued pursuant to subsection (3) of this section shall constitute an infraction punishable as provided in Chapter 1.36 CMC. Each day during which a person fails to comply with the provisions of this chapter following written notice shall constitute a separate offense.

(5) A violation of any provision of this chapter is declared a public nuisance, and the city attorney is authorized to abate such violation by means of a civil action.

(6) The penalties and remedies established by this chapter shall become accumulative. (Ord. 567 § 1. 2002 Code § 11-2.10).