Pursuant to the charter of the city, a department is hereby created within the framework of the governmental organization of the city which shall be known as the library department, and it shall function according to the laws of the state, the charter of the city, and the provisions of this article.
(Ordinance 949-A, sec. 1, adopted 1/4/83)
The city hereby accepts all gifts and donations of books and equipment heretofore made for the public library, with grateful [appreciation] to the donors both of books and time, and it is ordained that such books and equipment, together with such additions as may be made from time to time, shall constitute and form the books and equipment of the public library.
(Ordinance 949-A, sec. 2, adopted 1/4/83)
(a) 
No person shall remove or borrow any books, articles, or library materials from the premises of the public library unless and until said removal of books, articles or materials has been consented to, recorded and charged out at the circulation desk of said library.
(b) 
It shall be unlawful for any person to retain or fail to return any books, articles or materials beyond the date designated by the library employee or officer at the time said book, article or material is removed by consent of the library and charged out to the person removing same at the library or any extensions of time granted in writing by the library.
(c) 
Any person failing to return any book, article or other materials on or before the date designated as provided in subsection (b) shall be liable for a fine or late charge for each day of such retention as provided by the rules and regulations of the public library board. If the person or borrower of the books, articles, or materials is under eighteen (18) years of age, then the parent or guardian of such person shall be notified by certified mail, at the last known address contained in the library records, of the default and violation of the provisions of this section. The failure to return the books, articles or materials within ten (10) days after mailing of such notice by certified mail shall cause said fine and late charge to be assessed against such parent or guardian.
(d) 
It shall be unlawful for any person to register or furnish a false name or address or to forge or to furnish false identification or a card not belonging to said person for the purpose of borrowing or removing any book, article or material from the public library.
(e) 
It shall be unlawful for any person to direct, request, allow or otherwise permit or allow any other person whomsoever to borrow or use his or her official public library card for the purpose of borrowing any library books or other materials owned or under the control of the public library.
(f) 
It shall be unlawful for any person to fail to give written notice to library personnel at the circulation desk at the public library within seven (7) calendar days after said person knows or should have known that his or her official public library card has been lost or stolen.
(g) 
It shall be unlawful for any person to fail to return to the circulation desk at the public library any materials of whatever character which are owned or under the control of said library within ten (10) calendar days of the date of mailing of a letter via certified mail, return receipt requested, by the library director or such other person designated by the library director, advising such person that the library materials are more than four (4) weeks overdue and further advising that a complaint will be filed in the municipal court against such person by the library director or such employee designated by the library director if such person does not return the materials to the circulation desk of the public library within ten (10) calendar days from the date of mailing of said letter. In the event the borrower of library materials is a minor, the certified mail notice provided for herein shall be mailed to the parents or guardian of said minor, and it shall be unlawful for the parent or guardian of such minor to fail to return such library materials to the circulation desk of the public library within ten (10) calendar days of the date of mailing of a letter via certified mail, return receipt requested, by the library director, advising such person that the library materials are more than four (4) weeks overdue and further advising that a complaint will be filed in the municipal court against such person by the library director or such employee designated by the library director if such person does not return the materials to the circulation desk of the public library within ten (10) calendar days from the date of mailing of said letter. In addition to the maximum penalty as provided for in section 1.01.009 of this chapter for violation of any provisions hereof, any person who fails to return library materials in accordance with this section shall pay an administrative charge as provided for in the fee schedule in appendix A to this code to defray the costs of preparation and mailing of the certified mail letter(s) provided for in this section.
(h) 
It shall be unlawful for any person to damage, deface, cut, tear, disfigure, damage or destroy any books, articles or other library materials or any part thereof which belong to or were borrowed from the public library.
(Ordinance 1088, secs. 1–8, adopted 2/21/89)
Fees are to be charged for certain items as provided for in the fee schedule found in appendix A to this code.
(Ordinance 949-A, sec. 5, adopted 1/4/83)
All fees, fines, and administrative expenses in regard to the issuance of library cards, damages to library materials, loss of library materials, etc., shall be set by the library board and may be amended from time to time by said board. At all times, however, the library board shall cause a copy of its current fees and expenses schedule to be posted in public places throughout the library.
(Ordinance 1088, sec. 16, adopted 2/21/89)
(a) 
It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to enter upon the lawn or other public grounds of the public library when forbidden to do so by an official posted on such grounds or by other official notification.
(b) 
It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to loiter in or upon any library lands or buildings or to obstruct or molest the free passage of other persons in and from said library lands or buildings.
(c) 
No person shall loiter on the library lands or in its building in such a manner as to create or cause to be created a danger or a breach of the peace or whereby a breach of the peace may be occasioned.
(d) 
No person shall obstruct, annoy, molest, hinder, threaten, insult or interfere with any person legally enjoying the privileges and use of the library nor shall such offending person make or cause to be made any loud, disturbing or offensive noises or remarks in and upon the grounds and premises of the library.
(e) 
It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to willfully or maliciously commit any vandalism or injury or damage to or upon the lands or buildings of the public library or any of its real or personal property including, without limitation, any furniture, fixtures, shelving, equipment, books, pictures or other artwork, belonging to or in the possession of the public library.
(f) 
All facilities in the library shall be used for library purposes only. Meeting rooms may be used by nonprofit organizations with the permission of the librarian, provided that such nonprofit organizations observe all rules and regulations governing the use of the meeting rooms.
(Ordinance 1088, secs. 8–15, adopted 2/21/89)
There is hereby created the board of trustees of the public library, hereinafter called board, which shall recommend the formulation and maintenance of such bylaws, rules and regulations for the conduct of its meetings and its organization and for operation of the public library system as shall be deemed necessary by the library board, under the supervision and control of the city manager, for the orderly and efficient conduct of the business of the board and the operation of the public library system.
(Ordinance 949-A, sec. 3, adopted 1/4/83)
The board hereby established shall be composed of eight (8) members, of which number seven (7) members shall be appointed by the city commission. The appointed members of the board shall serve for a term of two (2) years. In addition to the said seven (7) appointed members of the board, the city manager or his or her designate shall be an ex officio member of the board without voting rights upon the board.
(Ordinance 949-A, sec. 4, adopted 1/4/83)
[Powers and duties of the public library board of trustees are to:]
(1) 
Recommend the general policies and programs for the operation, conduct and management of the public library system and recommend the employment and retention of all personnel to the city manager.
(2) 
Once each year, submit to the city manager a recommended proposed budget for the public library system for the ensuing fiscal year, and secure the approval of said budget by the city commission.
(3) 
Review the disbursement of all funds allocated by the city commission to the public library system; all such funds to be disbursed by the city secretary in accordance with such budget as shall have been theretofore approved by the city commission.
(4) 
Accept and receive for the use and benefit of the public library system all donations, gifts, and bequests contributed or devised thereto, whether for a special or stated purpose, or for the general use of the system, and recommend the disbursement, investment or expenditure of such funds which shall be deposited with the city secretary and disbursed by him or her upon the authorization by the board.
(5) 
Recommend such general rules and regulations governing the use of the public of the public library system as it shall see fit.
(6) 
Make recommendations to the city commission for action on its part for the benefit of the public library system.
(7) 
Submit at least one report monthly to the city commission of the activities, work and operation of the public library system.
(8) 
Set fees, fines and expenses to be charged by the library system for various administrative matters such as the issuance of library cards, damage to books and other library materials and rental charges as necessary from time to time. In that regard the board shall cause a notice of such charges to be posted as set forth hereinabove.
(Ordinance 1088, sec. 16, adopted 2/21/89; Ordinance 1088, sec. 17, adopted 2/21/89; Ordinance 949-A, sec. 6, adopted 1/4/83)
The board of trustees shall have no power to obligate the city in any manner or to incur on behalf of the city any expenses incident to the operation of the library system.
(Ordinance 949-A, sec. 7, adopted 1/4/83)