ARTICLE II. - RECORDKEEPING, INSPECTION AND ENFORCEMENT

Sec. 22-36. - Inspection powers.#

(a)

Inspections. Inspections shall be conducted at the discretion of the town. The town or the duly authorized employees and agents of the town, upon presenting identification and appropriate credentials is authorized:

(1)

To enter without delay and at reasonable times those premises (public or private) of any person or class of user either receiving services from the town or applying for services from the town in which a discharge source or treatment system is located.

(2)

During regular working hours and at other reasonable times, and within reasonable limits and in a reasonable manner, to have access to and to copy any records, inspect any monitoring equipment and sample any effluents which the owner or operator of such discharge source is required to sample, and any rules and regulations adopted pursuant thereto; and

(3)

During such on-site inspections, to carry out all inspections, surveillance and monitoring procedures necessary to determine, independent of information supplied by any person discharging into the facilities, compliance or noncompliance with town pretreatment requirements.

(b)

User documentation. The town may, by regulation, order, permit or otherwise, require any person who discharges into the facilities to:

(1)

Establish and maintain records;

(2)

Make reports;

(3)

Install, calibrate, use and maintain monitoring equipment or methods (including, where appropriate, biological monitoring methods);

(4)

Sample discharges and effluents (in accordance with the methods, at the locations, at the intervals, and in the manner as the town shall prescribe); and

(5)

Provide other information relating to discharges into the facilities of the project as the town may reasonably require to ensure compliance with prescribed pretreatment.

(c)

Enforcement of inspection powers. Any person obstructing, hindering or in any way causing the obstruction or hindrance of the town or any of its employees or agents in the performance of their duties or who shall refuse to permit the town or any of its employees or agents entrance into any premises, buildings, plant or equipment, or other places belonging to or controlled by any such person, shall be subject to civil and/or criminal penalties.

(d)

Inspection prior to transferring title. Before title to property in the Town of Bristol may be transferred, seller must obtain a certificate from the Bristol Water Pollution Control Department stating that the premises have been inspected by qualified personnel of the department within 30 days prior to the date of sale, and that the department has determined there does not exist on the property any illegal connections of sump pumps to the sewer line. The department must inspect the property within ten days of a request from the owner. The department, at the time of inspection, shall be allowed to charge a $30.00 fee for the inspection. The responsibility of this charged fee will be borne by the seller before title to property is transferred.

(Ord. No. 2006-23, 8-2-06; Ord. No. 2022-14, 11-16-22)

Sec. 22-37. - Enforcement of chapter.#

Any person violating any provision of this chapter will be subject to enforcement remedies under section 22-251.

(Ord. No. 2022-14, 11-16-22)

Secs. 22-38—22-70. - Reserved.#