Article V -€“ Administration

The County and/or its duly authorized representative(s), bearing proper credentials and identification, shall be permitted to enter upon all properties of any users for the purpose of inspection, observation, flow measurement, sampling and testing of wastewaters, sewer service connections or other facilities regulated in accordance with this Ordinance.

No person or user shall maliciously, willfully or negligently break, damage, destroy, deface, tamper with or remove any equipment or materials which are a part of the County sewerage system or which are used by the County for the purposes of making waste examinations and waste flow measurements or monitoring and left upon the premises of a person discharging wastes into the County sewerage system. Only persons authorized by the County will be allowed to uncover, adjust, maintain and remove such equipment and materials.

The Board of County Commissioners of Henderson County, North Carolina, shall be the reviewing authority for all appeals of actions or administrative determinations made by the County under the provisions of this Ordinance. Notice of an intent to appeal and request for a hearing shall be addressed to the Chairman of the Board, in writing, and shall detail the nature of the appeal. An early date for such hearing shall be set by the Board and the appellant promptly notified in writing. The decision of the Board after such hearing shall be final and conclusive and shall be conveyed to the persons involved in writing.