§ 78-47. Closed circuit video recording device required in certain retail establishments.  


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  • The purpose of this article is to require certain retail establishments, which historically have been the frequent targets of armed robberies and homicides, to have a functioning closed circuit video camera and recording device. The ability to apprehend the perpetrators of such crimes and remove them from the general population will reduce the number of such crimes.

    Whereas, the board of commissioners of the county, finds and declares that the presence of video cameras and recording devices is a deterrant to criminal activity and is a substaintial aid in solving crimes; and

    Whereas, this section furthers the important governmental interest of reducing crime and therefore promotes the health, safety and welfare of the citizens of the county.

    Now therefore, the board of commissioners adopts this section pursuant to its powers and authority.

    The licensee of a convenience store or a package store as defined by section 6-1 of the Code of Cobb County, Georgia shall be required to have, at all times that the business is open to the public, an operating and functioning video camera and recording device that records and preserves the activities at all areas of the business where the sale of the business's merchandise takes place. The video record so recorded shall be maintained for 48 hours.

    At the time that an applicant seeks the issuance of a business license or a licensee seeks the renewal of an existing business license for a convenience store or a package store the applicant or licensee shall execute an affidavit stating that the business will have, in the case of an application, and has in the case of a renewal, an operating and functioning video camera and recording device that records and preserves the activities at all areas of the business at which the sale of merchandise take place while the business is open to the public. The business license office shall provide the affidavit to be executed by the applicant or the licensee.

(Ord. of 12-9-03)