CHICACO, IL -- In Chicago, more surveillance cameras could be popping up at bars, taverns and convenience stores, reports USA Today.

Chicago Mayor Richard Daley is calling for more surveillance cameras at “corner taverns and swanky nightclubs” open until 4:00 a.m., as well as other businesses open longer than 12 hours a day such as convenience stores. According to the newspaper, the proposed city ordinance “adds a dimension to security measures installed after the Sept. 11 attacks.”

However, the idea of adding more eyes in the sky has some groups wondering where the money will come from.

Colleen McShane, president of the Illinois Restaurant Association, commented that Daley’s proposal is an unfair burden on the city’s small businesses. "This is once again more government intrusion," she said.

Nick Novich, who owns three bars in Chicago, told the newspaper that such extra costs are what put small businesses “in greater jeopardy of going out of business.”

Other cities across the nation have acted to implement similar proposals, while others have not. The newspaper notes that a proposal in Schenectady, New York, to require surveillance cameras in convenience stores was shelved.