§ 14.5-171. Minimum security and safety standards for convenience businesses.

Each convenience business shall be equipped with and meet the following safety and security devices and standards.

(a)

(1)

A security camera system of the type and quality, and located and operating, so as to record and retrieve image(s) which will assist in offender identification and apprehension.

(2)

A drop safe or cash management device for restricted access to cash receipts.

(3)

A lighted parking lot illuminated at an intensity of at least two foot-candles per square foot at 18 inches above the surface.

(4)

A conspicuous notice at the entrance which states that the cash register contains $50.00 or less.

(5)

Window signage that allows a clear and unobstructed view from outside of the building and in a normal line of sight of the cash register and sales transaction area.

(6)

Height markers at the entrance of the convenience business which display height measures.

(7)

A cash management policy to limit the cash on hand at all times after 11:00 p.m.

(b)

A convenience business shall not have window tinting that reduces exterior or interior view in a normal line of sight.

(c)

Every convenience business shall be equipped with a silent alarm which activates to law enforcement or a private security agency, unless application for an exemption is made to and granted by the attorney general.

(d)

If a murder, robbery, sexual battery, aggravated assault, aggravated battery, or kidnapping or false imprisonment, as those crimes are identified and defined by Florida Statutes, occurs or has occurred at a convenience business since July 1, 1989, and arises out of the operation of the convenience business, that convenience business shall implement at least one of the following security measures:

(1)

Provide at least two employees on the premises at all times after 11:00 p.m. and before 5:00 a.m.;

(2)

Install for use by employees at all times after 11:00 p.m. and before 5:00 a.m. a secured safety enclosure of transparent polycarbonate or other material that meets at least one of the following minimum standards:

a.

American Society for Testing and Materials Standards D3935 (classification PC110 B 3 0800700) and that has 200 foot pounds; or

b.

Underwriters Laboratory Standard UL 752 for medium power small arms (level one), bullet resisting equipment;

(3)

Provide a security guard on the premises at all times after 11:00 p.m. and before 5:00 a.m.;

(4)

Lock the business premises throughout the hours of 11:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m., and only transact business through an indirect pass-through through, trapdoor, or window; or

(5)

Close the business at all times 11:00 p.m. and before 5:00 a.m.

(e)

For purposes of this section, any convenience business that by law implemented any of the security measures set forth in paragraphs (d)(1)—(4) and has maintained said measures as required by the Florida Department of Legal Affairs, without any occurrence or incidence of the crimes identified by subsection (d) for a period no less than 24 months immediately preceding the filing of a notice of exemption, may file with the Florida Department of Legal Affairs a notice of exemption from these enhanced security measures in which case the enhanced security measures required under subsections (d)(1)—(5) such shall not apply, absent any occurrences or incidents as described immediately below. In no event shall this exemption be interpreted to preclude renewed full compliance with the security measures set forth in subsection (d) should any occurrence or incidence of the crimes identified by subsection (d) occur subsequent to the filing of the notice of exemption. In no event shall the city or any enforcement officer incur any liability for the regulation and enforcement of this article.

(Ord. No. 090119, § 1, 1-21-10)