Columbia Inspection and enforcement ordinance (§ 22-218)

(a) The director is duly authorized to:

(1) Inspect and approve the installation of building sewers and their connections to the public sewer system;

(2) Inspect the maintenance and lawful compliance of all sewers, pipes and plumbing that connect or discharge into the public sewer system;

(3) Inspect such wastewater as may be discharged therefrom; and

(4) Repair or abate or otherwise enforce this chapter.

(b) If an enforcement officer, in connection with the enforcement of this article, is denied entry to the building, sewer, pipe, facility or property, the officer or a city prosecutor may apply to the municipal court for a warrant under the provisions of chapter 15 of this Code.