The following definitions shall apply in this article unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
Board.
The city’s public library advisory board.
Director.
The director/librarian of the city’s public library.
Library.
The city’s public library.
Member.
A voting member of the city’s public library advisory board.
Minor.
A person less than eighteen (18) years of age.
(1995 Code, sec. 23.040)
(a) 
Borrowing of materials.
A person shall not remove or borrow any books, articles, or library materials from the premises of the library unless or until the library consents to, records, and checks out the removal of the books, articles, or materials through the circulation desk. 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.
(b) 
Use of false identification or false name.
It shall be unlawful for any person to register or furnish a false name or address with the library, furnish identification or a library card not belonging to that person with the library, or forge a library card for the purpose of borrowing or removing any book, article, or other material from the library.
(c) 
Adoption of rules.
The board shall pass rules, subject to council approval, regulating:
(1) 
The issuance and cost of library cards;
(2) 
The maximum checkout time limits for all library materials;
(3) 
The fine schedules for overdue library materials;
(4) 
The fine schedules for lost or severely damaged library materials;
(5) 
The fine schedules for other charges or administrative fees; and
(6) 
Other procedural areas of library operations.
(d) 
Assessment of fines and late charges.
(1) 
Any person failing to return any books, articles, or other materials on or before the designated date shall be liable for a fine or late charge for each day as provided by the board rules.
(2) 
The person in violation of this article shall be notified by mail of the violations(s). If the person in violation of this article is under eighteen (18) years of age, then the parent or guardian of the person shall be notified by mail of the violation(s) and shall be liable for all fines and other charges incurred by the minor.
(e) 
Filing of complaints; suspension of borrowing privileges.
(1) 
The code enforcement officer, or any person authorized by the code enforcement officer, may file a complaint in the city municipal court against any person that violates the provisions of this article if:
(A) 
Before filing the complaint, the code enforcement officer or authorized person sends a certified letter, return receipt requested, to the person in violation of this article stating that, unless the person returns any overdue books, articles, or materials to the library and pays any overdue charges, fees, or administrative fines within ten (10) days after receipt of the certified letter, the code enforcement officer or authorized person shall file a complaint against the person in city municipal court; and
(B) 
The person in violation of this article does not comply with the requirements provided in the certified letter.
(2) 
In the event the person in violation of this article is a minor, then the code enforcement officer or authorized person shall also send a certified copy of the letter to the minor’s parent or guardian.
(3) 
Postage costs incurred by the library under this subsection shall be charged against the person in violation of this article.
(4) 
The borrowing privileges of the person in violation of this article shall be suspended until the payment of all fines, postage charges and any other money owed to the library.
(1995 Code, sec. 23.046)