(A) Definitions. For the purpose of this section, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
(B) Public areas of the premises. In the case of premises upon which the sale of alcoholic liquor, for consumption on the premises, is licensed, no screen, blind, curtain, partition or other thing shall be permitted in the windows or upon the doors of the premises, or inside the public areas of the premises, which prevents a clear view into the interior of the licensed premises from the street, road or sidewalk at all times. No booth, screen, partition or other obstruction or any arrangement of lights or lighting is permitted in or about the interior of the premises which prevents a clear view of the entire public areas of the interior from the street, road or sidewalk. All rooms where liquor is sold for consumption on the premises shall be continuously lighted during business hours by natural light or artificial white light so that all parts of the interior of the premises are clearly visible. If the view into any licensed premises required by this section is willfully obscured by the licensee or permitted by him or her to be obscured or in any manner obstructed, then the license shall be subject to revocation as provided in § 804.21. In order to enforce this section, the Mayor may require the filing with him or her of plans, drawings and photographs showing the clearance of the view and the preservation of privacy required in this section.
(C) Private spaces. No video surveillance or visual surveillance devices shall permitted in any in private space located on the licensed premises. Any licensee in violation of this section is subject to the suspension and/or revocation of his or her license.
(Ord. 93-59, passed 10-12-1993; Ord. 15-26, passed 6-9-2015)