[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Committee
of the Township of Montville by Ord. No. 2005-29 (Ch. 9.18 of the 1998 Code). Amendments
noted where applicable.]
As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
The receipt of library materials from the Montville Township
Public Library by means of or by charging the same to a library card
pursuant to procedures as established by the library requiring the
return of said library material within a specified period of time.
The Montville Township Public Library established and funded
by the Township of Montville.
Any books, written materials, phonograph records, video cassettes,
other audiovisual materials and any other materials provided by the
library for borrowing by its patrons, including materials provided
pursuant to reciprocal and interlibrary loan programs.
The Board of the Montville Township Public Library
shall adopt and post in a conspicuous place in the library reasonable
rules, regulations and procedures governing the borrowing of library
materials which may be available for borrowing to the public and concerning
such other matters as deemed necessary and appropriate by the Board.
No person shall cut, tear, deface, disfigure,
damage or destroy any library materials or other property borrowed
from, owned by or in the custody of the Montville Township Public
Library.
No person shall remove from the library any
materials or other property owned by or in the custody of the library,
unless such person shall have complied with the applicable rules,
regulations and procedures of the library governing the borrowing
of such library materials.
No person shall detain or fail to return any
library materials borrowed from the Montville Township Public Library
after 30 days have elapsed from the date of posting by certified mail,
return receipt requested, and by regular mail, of a notice demanding
return thereof, addressed to said person at the last address furnished
to the library. Compliance with the requirements of this section shall
be in addition to the requirements of any library regulations governing
fines for the late return of borrowed library materials.
No person shall register or furnish a false
name or address to obtain a library card or use without the owner's
permission any library card other than the one issued to said person
for the purpose of borrowing library materials from the Montville
Township Public Library.
The provisions of this chapter shall be enforced
by the Director of the Montville Township Public Library or such person
as may, from time to time, be designated by the Board of the Montville
Township Public Library.
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Persons charged with a violation of this chapter shall be permitted to pay the penalties through the Violation Bureau, provided that all library materials are returned to the library, fine paid to the library and a receipt therefor exhibited to the Violations Clerk. For the first offense, the penalty shall be $25; and for the second offense, the penalty shall be $30. For further offenses and for other violations of this chapter, a court appearance is required, and a penalty will be assessed, in the discretion of the Judge of the Municipal Court, not to exceed the penalty provision of Subsection B.
