[Adopted 10-2-1984 by Ord. No. 1840
(Ch. 42, Art. III, of the 1979 Code)]
The Garfield Free Public Library of the City of Garfield, by its Board
of Trustees, has adopted a resolution participating as a member of the Bergen
County Cooperative Library System, hereinafter called "BCCLS."
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
A document used by a person to induce the Garfield Free Public Library
or BCCLS to lend and transfer custody of materials owned or in the custody
of the Garfield Free Public Library or the BCCLS.
Includes a natural person, partnership, corporation, estate or trust.
Those regulations and rules regarding the borrowing or lending of
library materials, the period of time for which they are lent and fines, costs
and other penalties as set forth in a resolution or resolutions adopted by
the Garfield Free Public Library Board of Trustees; it shall further mean
such rules and regulations published and available at the Garfield Free Public
Library that may from time to time be adopted by the Board of Trustees.
This chapter shall apply to persons who are members of the Garfield
Free Public Library and/or who are members of the BCCLS.
No person shall produce false identification or use another's card
to induce the Garfield Free Public Library or the BCCLS to lend library material
to them.
No person shall willfully or maliciously tear, deface, disfigure, damage
or destroy a book, article or material of any kind, or part thereof, which
is owned during the custody of the Garfield Free Public Library or BCCLS.
No person shall detain or fail to return any book, article or other
material borrowed from the Garfield Free Public Library or BCCLS contrary
to the rules and regulations attached hereto and made part hereof as promulgated
and published by the Trustees of the Garfield Free Public Library.
The privileges of any person who detains overdue books, articles or
other materials from the Garfield Free Public Library or the BCCLS may be
suspended until all fines and related costs imposed are paid, by resolution
of the Board of Trustees of the Garfield Free Public Library.
Any person who violates any provisions of this article or the rules
and regulations as adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Garfield Free Public
Library shall be liable to a fine and related costs as established by the
rules and regulations which are made part hereof and attached hereto.
The Director of the Garfield Free Public Library or his representative
is hereby vested with the authority to prosecute any and all persons who violate
the provisions of this article or the rules and regulations of the Garfield
Free Public library as adopted by the Board of Trustees. However, no prosecution
may commence for at least 90 days from the date of violation.
[Amended 4-25-2006 by Ord. No. 2457]
Any person who violates the provisions of this article or refuses to
comply with the rules and regulations of the Board of Trustees of the Garfield
Free Public Library shall, upon conviction, be punished by one or more of
the following: a fine not exceeding $2,000; imprisonment for a term not exceeding
90 days; and/or a period of community service not exceeding 90 days, in the
discretion of the Judge. Each day such violation is committed or permitted
to continue shall constitute a separate offense and shall be punishable as
such.
