City Council:
AN ORDINANCE REGULATING
BUSINESS VIDEO CAMERAS IN THE
CITY OF MOUNT VERNON, NEW YORK
WHEREAS, the City of Mount Vernon recognizes the need to regulate certain business establishments within its jurisdiction to require video camera systems for the public health, safety, and welfare; and
The City of Mount Vernon, in City Council convened, does hereby ordain, and enact:
Section 1. Title. This ordinance shall be known and may be cited as the "City of Mount Vernon Business Video Camera Ordinance."
Section 2. Video camera systems required. The following business establishments shall install and maintain a video camera system (referred to as "system"): businesses that are licensed to sell alcohol by the State of New York to the public for consumption, either on or off premises; smoke shops and/or tobacco retailers; cannabis retail dispensaries and/or consumption sites; businesses whose premises are regularly open to the public for any amount of time between the hours of 12:00 midnight and 4:00 a.m.; check-cashing businesses; licensed secondhand dealers that buy and sell precious metals; pharmacies that are licensed by the State of New York; motor vehicle body repair shops; motor vehicle service and repair facilities; and pawn shops that are licensed by the City of Mount Vernon (collectively referred to in this chapter as "businesses"). The system shall conform to the following requirements:
A. The video cameras shall be installed at or near each and every entrance or exit regularly used by customers or employees. The cameras shall be positioned so as to view and record a full frame of the individual's face as he/she is entering and/or exiting the business establishment and, to the extent practicable, activity within 15 feet of the area around each entrance or exit.
B. The video cameras shall be sufficiently light-sensitive and provide sufficient image resolution (supported by a...
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