(A) Recognition. The City Council recognizes surveillance practices as sometimes necessary for the safety, and security, of businesses or municipal facilities. The City Council further recognizes a potential for misuse, or misconduct in the use, of surveillance practices that creates an absolute necessity for establishment of minimum requirements, and standards, for implementation, and operation, of all said surveillance practices.
(B) Requirements. All businesses and municipal facilities utilizing surveillance practices shall post notification of surveillance on each exterior door, ground floor exterior window, interior points of public contact, and interior security points. Further notification shall include phone message and email footnote when monitored, or recorded, by someone other than the recipient.
(C) Standards. The minimum required standards for posting notification of surveillance shall be as follows:
(1) Exterior doors and windows shall have a notification posted in clear view that states the nature, type, and location of surveillance; for example, “The indoor areas of these premises are monitored by Audio and Video surveillance equipment and the outdoor properties and parking areas are monitored by Video surveillance equipment only”;
(2) Email shall have a footnoted notification/disclaimer; for example, “All email sent or received through this companys/municipalitys email service is monitored and recorded internally by a third party, for surveillance purposes”; and
(3) The phone system shall have a similar message before extension options are given; for example, “All calls are monitored and recorded for surveillance purposes”.
(D) Approval. The City Council does approve the requirement that each business, or municipal building, which utilizes surveillance practices, shall post, for the general public, notice of said surveillance in accordance with divisions (B) and (C) above.
(Ord. 2018-07, passed 4-10-2018)