[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Council of the Borough of Waldwick December 26, 1990 as Ord. No. 19-90]
The purpose of this chapter is to provide for the enforcement of the following rules and regulations adopted by the Borough Council of the Borough of Waldwick by establishing penalties and procedures for the adjudication of any alleged violations of the rules and regulations in the Municipal Court of said Borough.
No person shall detain or fail to return any book, periodical, pamphlet, artistic reproduction, phonograph recording, audio-visual material or any other article borrowed from the Waldwick Library or a member Library of the Bergen County Cooperative System (hereinafter referred to as member Library) that is borrowed under a Waldwick Library card after thirty (30) days have elapsed from the date of posting by certified mail, return receipt requested, of a notice demanding return thereof, addressed to said person at the last address furnished.
No person shall cut, tear, deface, disfigure, damage or destroy any book, periodical, pamphlet, artistic reproduction, phonograph recording, audio-visual material or other article or any part thereof which is borrowed from, owned by or is in the custody of such member Library.
No person shall remove any book, periodical, pamphlet, artistic reproduction, phonograph recording, audio-visual material or any other item or article from a member Library building without complying with the rules and regulations and procedures of the Library for borrowing such items or articles.
No person with intent to defraud shall register or furnish a false name or address or use any card other than the one issued to said person for the purpose of borrowing any book or other article from said Library.
The Library Director is authorized to file a complaint in the Municipal Court under the following conditions:
A. 
A certified letter, return receipt requested, shall be sent by the Library administration as a final notice after twelve (12) weeks have elapsed since the original due date, informing the borrower that unless the material borrowed is returned and/or any fines paid within thirty (30) days a summons will be issued under the provisions of this chapter.
B. 
In the case of a minor, the letter of complaint shall be directed to the parents or guardians of the minor involved.
Any person who violates or refuses to comply with the regulations and provisions of this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof, be subject to a fine not to exceed the sum of five hundred dollars ($500) or be imprisoned in the county jail for a term not to exceed ninety (90) days, or both, in the discretion of the Judge before whom such conviction is obtained.
This ordinance shall take effect upon passage and publication in accordance with State law.