§ 88-615-07. RIGHT OF ENTRY

88-615-07-A. Whenever necessary to make an inspection or to enforce any of the provisions of this zoning and development code or whenever the city planning and development director has reasonable cause to believe that a violation of this zoning and development code has occurred or is occurring, the city planning and development director may enter the building, structure or real property during normal work hours to conduct an inspection or to perform any authorized duty.

88-615-07-B. If the subject property is occupied, the city planning and development director must first present proper credentials and request and obtain permission to enter before entering a building, structure or real property. Reasonable effort must be made to locate the owner or other persons having charge or control of the property when seeking permission for entry.

88-615-07-C. If no consent has been given to enter or inspect any occupied building, structure, or real property, no entry or inspection may be made without the procurement of a warrant from a judge in the municipal division, Kansas City, 16th Judicial Circuit Court of Missouri. The court may consider the following factors in its decision:

1.

eyewitness accounts of violation;

2.

citizen complaints;

3.

tenant complaints;

4.

plain-view violations;

5.

violations apparent from city records;

6.

nature of alleged violation, the threat to life or safety and imminent risk of significant property damage; and

7.

previously unabated violations in the building or structure or on the premises.

88-615-07-D. Cause supporting issuance of a warrant is deemed to exist in light of reasonable legislative and administrative standards that show there is reason to believe that there exists a violation of the provisions of the zoning and development code.