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A. Any authorized official of the city may, upon presentation of proper credentials, enter any building, place, structure, vessel or premises within the city at all reasonable times to perform any duty or inspection necessary for enforcement of any ordinance, resolution or code provision. Except in emergency situations, the official shall give the occupant, if such person can be located after reasonable effort, twenty-four (24) hours’ written notice of the official’s intention to inspect. The notice given to such person shall state that the person has the right to refuse entry and that, in the event such entry is refused, inspection may only be made upon issuance of a search warrant by a court of competent jurisdiction. In the event the person refuses entry after such request has been made, or in the event that such persons cannot be located after reasonable efforts to locate the same, the official is empowered to seek assistance from any court of competent jurisdiction in obtaining such entry. If, prior to requesting consent to enter, the official seeking entry has reason to know that the occupant of the property is not the owner or manager of the property, the official shall make a reasonable effort to notify the owner or manager of the property that the officer intends to inspect the property on a specific date.

B. In circumstances where the official has reasonable cause to believe that a violation of a city ordinance, resolution or code provision exists with respect to a particular building, place, structure, vessel or premises, or that the owner or authorized local agent is likely to refuse entry, assistance of the court may be sought without prior notice to such person.

C. For purposes of this section, the owner or authorized local representative shall be deemed to be the occupant in circumstances where there appears to be no occupant. [Ord. 18-06 § 2.]