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ORDINANCE NO. I7 q%
AN ORDINANCE granting a right of entry to authorized
City Officials for the inspection of buildings and
premises for the enforcement of the provisions of
Port Angeles, Washington ordinances.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PORT ANGELES DO ORDAIN AS
FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Whenever necessary to make an inspection to en-
force any ordinance or resolution, or whenever there is reasonable cause
to believe there exists an ordinance or resolution violation in any build-
ing or upon any premises within the jurisdiction of the City, any author-
ized official of the City of Port Angeles, may, upon presentation of pro-
per credentials, enter such building or premises at all reasonable times
to inspect the same or to perform any duty imposed upon him by ordinance;
PROVIDED, that except in emergency situations or when consent of the owner
and /or occupant to the inspection has been otherwise obtained, he shall
give the owner and /or occupant, if they can be located after reasonable
effort, twenty -four hours written notice of the authorized official's
intention to inspect. The notice transmitted to the owner and /or occu-
pant shall state that the property owner has the right to refuse entry
and that in the event such entry is refused, inspection may be made only
upon issuance of a search warrant by a duly authorized magistrate. In
the event the owner and /or occupant refuses entry after such request has
been made, the official is hereby empowered to seek assistance from any
court or competent jurisdiction in obtaining such entry.
Section 2. This ordinance shall be published and become ef-
fective as provided by law.
PASSED by the City Council of the City of Port Angeles and
approved by its Mayor at a regular meeting of the Council held on the
At st:
day of
_.) We adz,
City Clerk
Approved as to form:
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�- • CJ�C�rl,�a -sue-. �cP�s -�-�,
Mayor
, 1973.
City Attorney
PUBLISHED: 47 p y /-() %q 7 3