A. Agents or employees authorized by the City or County as appropriate may inspect riparian buffers, including reservoir and wetland buffers, to ensure compliance with this Ordinance. Such authorized agents or employees shall have the power to conduct such investigations as they may reasonably deem necessary to carry out their duties, and for this purpose to enter at reasonable times upon any property, public or private, for the purpose of inspecting any riparian buffer or conducting a related investigation.

B. No person shall willfully resist, delay, or obstruct an authorized agent or employee while that person is lawfully inspecting or attempting to inspect a riparian buffer under this section, nor shall any person interfere with an authorized agent or employee while he or she is in the process of carrying out other official duties.

C. Notice of the right to inspect shall be included in any riparian buffer approval.