ORD 82-04 RIGHT OF WAY ENTRY FOR INSPECTION LANGUAGE ORDINANCEORDINANCE NO. 82 -04
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF WINSLOW PROVIDING
FOR A RIGHT-OF-ENTRY FOR INSPECTION LANGUAGE
ORDINANCE
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WINSLOW DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Whenever any officer or employee of the city
is authorized to enter any building or premises for the
purpose of making an inspection to enforce any ordinance,
he may enter such building or premises at all reasonable
times to inspect the same; provided, that he shall effect
entry in the manner provided in Section 2 of this ordinance,
except in emergency situations, or when consent of the
person having charge or control of such building or premises
has been otherwise obtained.
Section 2. If the building or premises to be inspected is
occupied, the authorized officer or employee shall first
present proper credentials and demand entry; and if such
building or premises is unoccupied, he shall first make a
reasonable effort to locate the owner or other person having
charge or control of the building or premises and demand entry.
If consent to such entry is not given, the authorized officer
or employee shall have recourse to every remedy provided by
law to secure entry, and may apply to any court of competent
jurisdiction for such remedy.
Section 3. This ordinance shall be controlling over any other
ordinance or part of an ordinance on the same subject, whether
heretofore or hereafter adopted, unless such ordinance or part
of an ordinance provides differently by an express reference to
this ordinance. Notwithstanding any other ordinance of this
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city, whether heretofore or hereafter adopted, it is not
a violation of ordinance to refuse or fail to consent to
an entry for inspection for which a warrant is required to
be obtained.
PASSED by the City Council of the City of Winslow,
Washington this//~J~ day of ~./. zz_ ~ 1982
ATTEST:
Clerk/Treasurer
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Thomas M. Walsh
City Attorney
Clerk/Treasurer
S E A L
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