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(6)months, or by both. The City Attorney, upon order of the City Council, shall petition the court of appropriate jurisdiction to impose, assess, and recover such sums. 3-18-120 ENFORCEMENT RESPONSIBILITY. Primary responsibility for enforcement of these regulations shall be vested in the City Manager or agents of the City as he or she shall designated Field inspectors or other employees of the City are hereby authorized to act as agents of the City for and on behalf of the City Manager with the power to inspect and issue notices and/or citations for violations of these regulations. 3-18-125 AUTHORITY TO INSPECT. Whenever necessary to make an inspection to enforce any provisions of this Title 3 or whenever the City Manager has reasonable cause to believe that there exists in any building or upon any premises any condition which constitutes a violation of the provisions of this Title, the City Manager may enter such building or premises at all reasonable times to inspect the same or perform any duty imposed upon the City Manager by this Title; provided that (1) if such building or premises be occupied,he or she shall first present proper credentials and request entry; and (2) if such building or premises be unoccupied, he or she shall first make a reasonable effort to locate the owner or other persons having charge or control of the building or premises and request entry. Any such request for entry shall state that the property owner or occupant has the right to refuse entry and that in the event such entry is refused, inspection may be made only upon issuance of an inspection or search warrant by a duly authorized magistrate. In the event the owner or occupant refuses entry after such request has been made, or in the event that the owner or person in charge of the building or premises cannot be located, an inspection/abatement or search warrant authorizing entry shall be obtained prior to City's entry onto the building or premises. The City Manager is hereby empowered to seek assistance from any court of competent jurisdiction in obtaining such warrant authorizing entry. Routine or area inspections shall be based upon such reasonable selection processes as may be deemed necessary to carry out the objectives of this Title 3. (a) Authority to Sample and Establish Sampling Devices: The City shall have the right to establish on any property such devices as are necessary to conduct sampling or metering monitoring operations. During all inspections as provided herein, the City Manager may take any samples deemed necessary to aid in the pursuit of the inquiry or in the recordation of the activities onsite. (b) Notification of Spills: As soon as any person in charge of a facility or responsible for emergency response for a facility has knowledge of any confirmed or unconfirmed release of materials,pollutants or waste, such person shall take all necessary steps to ensure the discovery and containment and clean-up of such release and shall notify the City of the occurrence by telephoning the City Manager and confirming the notification by correspondence to the same. (c) Requirement to Test or Monitor: The City Manager may request that any person engaged in any activity and/or owning or operating any facility which may cause or contribute to storm water pollution, contamination, illicit discharges, discharge of non-storm water to the storm water system, and/or release, discharge or deposit of hazardous materials; shall undertake such monitoring activities and/or analyses and furnish such reports as the City Manager may specify. The burden, including costs, of these activities, analyses, and reports shall bear a reasonable relationship to the need for the monitoring, analyses, and reports and the ORDINANCE NO.2014-021 2