A. Inspections on private property to determine compliance may be made at any reasonable time with the consent of the occupant of the property, except that, on projects being developed within Special Flood Hazard Areas or Future Conditions Flood Hazard Areas, the Inspections Director, or designee (acting as the Floodplain Administrator) shall have authority to make as many inspections of the work as may be necessary to ensure that it is being done according to the requirements of this Ordinance and the terms of the permit. In exercising this authority within Special Flood Hazard Areas or Future Conditions Flood Hazard Areas, the Inspections Director, or designee, shall have a right, upon presentation of credentials, to enter on any premises within the jurisdiction at any reasonable hour for the purposes of inspection and/or enforcement.

B. Inspections may also be made when an administrative search and inspection warrant has been issued pursuant to NCGS § 15-27.2 by a proper judicial official. To obtain a warrant, the enforcement officer shall show through facts supplied in a sworn affidavit that either: