(A) For the purpose of this section, “video surveillance system” (VSS) means a continuous digital surveillance system including cameras, cabling, monitors, and digital video recorders (DVR).
(B) Every owner, operator, keeper or proprietor of any new or existing hotel or motel is required to install a VSS within one hundred eighty (180) days of the effective date of this chapter. All hotels or motels which have installed a VSS prior to the effective date of this chapter, shall ensure said systems are in full compliance with this section and shall request an approval assessment from the Village within one hundred eighty (180) days of the effective date of this ordinance.
(C) All VSS shall be maintained in proper working order at all times, be kept in continuous operation twenty-four (24) hours a day, seven (7) days a week, and meet the minimum technological standards established in this section. All hotels and motels shall retain the continuous digital images recorded by this system for no less than thirty (30) days.
(D) All VSS shall have no less than one (1) camera dedicated to each register or check-in and out clerk or kiosk, entrance/exit, elevator, stairway, lobby, swimming pool area, exercise facility, loading dock, and entire parking lot(s) or area(s) designated for customer and/or employee parking use. The placement of cameras included in VSS required under this section must be approved by the Village. The Village shall conduct an assessment of each site required to install a VSS prior to installation of said system, and upon approval will issue an approval notice which will be placed in plain view inside the common area of each hotel and motel. Approval notices shall also inform customers and employees of the presence of the VSS. Existing VSS at any hotel or motel, as of the effective date of this chapter, will be evaluated to ensure full compliance with this section.
(E) The VSS shall be subject to regular inspection by the Village staff, who shall be authorized to inspect any such system, at reasonable times to determine whether the VSS conforms to this section, and all other Village Codes. If the VSS does not conform, the hotel or motel, in question, shall take immediate steps to bring the VSS into compliance with this section and all other Village Codes.
(F) The Village shall develop, maintain and publish VSS standards that provide the minimum standards for VSS equipment, installation, and maintenance. Any new standards or changes to existing standards will be issued in conjunction with annual business license renewal notices and become effective on May 1 of each year. (Ord. 21-O-46, 9-27-2021)