[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council of the Borough of
Pennsburg 3-1-2016 by Ord. No.
2-2016. Amendments noted where applicable.]
For the purposes of this chapter the following terms shall be
defined as follows:
Shall be an establishment or business predominantly for trade
or commercial purposes open to the public for the sale of goods or
services, including but not limited to retail businesses and restaurants.
Shall be the record owner of any commercial establishment.
Shall be any restroom, locker room, or washroom facility
in a commercial establishment.
Shall be any independent or networked camera, television
or movie camera, camcorder, video recorder, digital video recorder,
transmitter, or any other device capable of recording, filming or
transmitting visual images.
The operator of any commercial establishment which installs
video surveillance equipment in a public restroom located within a
commercial establishment shall immediately and conspicuously post
and maintain, in the common area of the commercial establishment,
on the entry door to the public restroom, and on the interior of the
public restroom, written notice disclosing the presence of said video
surveillance equipment.
The Borough reserves the right to enact rules and regulations
necessary to carry out the requirements of this ordinance.
Any person who violates or fails to comply with any provision
of this chapter shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine
of not more than $100 per day for each day the violation or noncompliance
exists, plus costs for each such violation. Each day or portion thereof
in which a violation exists shall be considered a separate violation
of this chapter. Each provision of this chapter which is violated
shall be considered a separate violation of this chapter. Such fine
shall be in addition to any other fine which may be imposed under
the provisions of any other ordinances of the Borough, Pennsylvania
law, or federal law. In default of payment of any fine, such persona
shall be imprisoned for not more than 30 days.
The rights and remedies of the Borough as prescribed by this
chapter or otherwise by law with respect to the units, and the criminal
sanctions herein provided, shall be cumulative, and the pursuit of
one shall in no way preclude simultaneous or subsequent pursuit of
another.
If any section, subsection, paragraph, sentence, clause, or
phrase of this chapter shall be declared invalid for any reason whatsoever,
such a decision shall not affect the remaining portions of the chapter,
which shall remain in full force and effect, and for this purpose
the provisions of this chapter are hereby declared severable.
