A. Purpose: The city council finds that cannabis establishments can become targets of opportunity for theft and violent crimes. The purpose of this section is to protect the public health, safety and welfare by increasing security for patrons and employees of these dispensaries by the use of surveillance cameras. Surveillance cameras will assist in deterring crime in and adjacent to such dispensaries and can provide information to assist the police in investigating crimes that do occur.
B. Every cannabis establishment shall install a security camera system of a type, number and placement approved by the police department.
C. The camera(s) must be capable of producing a retrievable image on digital recording video that can be made a permanent record and which can be viewed through projection or other means. Camera(s) and digital recording equipment shall be maintained in proper working order and recording twenty-four hours per day.
D. Each cannabis establishment shall post a conspicuous sign which states that the property is under camera surveillance.
E. At least one (1) camera shall be positioned to record the frontal view of each person entering the cannabis establishment. Such other cameras as may be necessary to monitor substantially all of the premises shall be placed by the licensee.
F. The cannabis establishment shall maintain surveillance recording materials for a period of one month within the recording system before overwriting or destruction. Digital recording materials shall be marked with the accurate time and date in a method that does not interfere with the image being recorded. Proprietary formats must have appropriate player software included with all requested video copies. Copies may be created on CD, DVD, USB or any other functional digital media recommended by the manufacturer of the installed equipment. (Ord. O2021-07, 6-2-2021)