All property of the City of Cedar Park Library available for
use by: residents within the City, residents who live in extraterritorial
jurisdictions that have an interlocal agreement with the City, and
nonresidents who have obtained a City of Cedar Park library membership.
This term includes: books, articles, media, digital content,
equipment, and other materials.
(Ordinance CO05-18-12-13-E1 adopted 12/13/18)
No person shall remove or borrow any library materials from
the premises of the Cedar Park Public Library or from digital content
systems unless and until such removal of library materials has been
consented to, recorded and charged out in the library system of the
Cedar Park Public Library.
(1)
Residents
within the City limits of Cedar Park, residents who live in extraterritorial
jurisdictions that have an interlocal agreement with the City, or
nonresidents who own real property within the City limits may borrow
library materials from the City Library at no charge. Proper identification
and proof of current address or property ownership must be provided
at the time of registration.
(2)
Nonresidents who do not own real property within the City limits wishing to borrow library materials shall purchase a nonresident library membership for a period of either: one year, six months, or three months. The charge for such memberships shall be as provided for in the fee schedule found in the Appendix A of this Code.
(3)
TexShare
cardholders may borrow physical library materials from the City Library
at no charge. TexShare cardholders are not eligible to borrow digital
library materials from the City Library at no charge. TexShare cardholders
are participants in the TexShare Card System, established under the Texas Government Code, chapter 441, libraries and archives, subchapter
M, TexShare Library Consortium, as amended.
(Ordinance CO05-18-12-13-E1 adopted 12/13/18)
It shall be unlawful for any person to retain or fail to return
any library materials beyond the date designated by the library employee
or designee at the time such material is removed by consent of the
Library, or beyond any extensions of time granted by the Library.
(Ordinance CO05-18-12-13-E1 adopted 12/13/18)
Any person failing to return any library materials on or before the date designated as provided in section 1.09.003 shall be liable for replacement fees as provided by Appendix A of this Code. If the offending person or borrower of the library materials is under eighteen (18) years of age, then the parent or guardian who signed for the membership for such person shall be liable for replacement fees as provided in Appendix A of this Code, to be assessed against such parent or guardian.
(Ordinance CO05-18-12-13-E1 adopted 12/13/18)
It shall be unlawful for any person to register or furnish a false name or address to obtain a library membership or to forge or furnish false identification for the purpose of borrowing or removing library materials from the Cedar Park Public Library. Any violation of this section may be charged as a class C misdemeanor and fined in accordance with section 1.01.009 of this Code.
(Ordinance CO05-18-12-13-E1 adopted 12/13/18)
It shall be unlawful for any person to damage or destroy any library materials. Any person in violation of this section shall be subject to fees in accordance with Appendix A of this Code.
(Ordinance CO05-18-12-13-E1 adopted 12/13/18)
(a)
The
Cedar Park Public Library’s community room and conference room
are facilities of the City.
(b)
The
rooms are available for public meetings and programs on a first-come,
first-served basis and may be reserved up to six months in advance.
However, all reservations are subject to the City’s priority
status for City uses. The City may, without notice, preempt any reservation
of the rooms.
(c)
User shall pay all applicable fees to use a community room or conference room required pursuant to Appendix A of this Code upon reservation. No refunds will be made for any reservation cancelled by the user within two weeks of scheduled use.
(d)
No
part of the library building is to be reserved for the exclusive use
of anyone, nor shall entry or reservation be denied on the grounds
of race, color, national origin, creed, religion, political belief,
sex, sexual orientation, age or disability.
(e)
The user shall perform all cleaning in accordance with the room rental agreement, on file with library staff, at the conclusion of use and shall be responsible for the cost of any damage to the rooms or facility. The City may retain any portion of the cleaning/damage deposit, required pursuant to Appendix A, necessary to cover actual cost of repairs, up to the full amount of the deposit. Any damages to the rooms or facility beyond the amount of the cleaning/damage deposit will be the responsibility of the user, and the user shall reimburse the City for the actual cost of all repairs.
(f)
Any
user of the library community room or conference room shall sign an
agreement to indemnify and hold harmless the City, its officers, employees,
agents and representatives against all claims of liability and causes
of action resulting from injury or damage to persons or property arising
out of use.
(g)
Failure
to comply with the above rules will result in forfeiting the right
to use the community room, or conference room, and all fees paid.
(Ordinance CO05-18-12-13-E1 adopted 12/13/18)
Fees for interlibrary loans between the Library and other libraries and for use of miscellaneous library materials by patrons may be assessed by library staff in accordance with Appendix A.
(Ordinance CO05-18-12-13-E1 adopted 12/13/18)
