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.