No adult person shall take or borrow from the Atlanta Public Library any book, pamphlet, periodical, paper or other property without properly checking out such items in accordance with the rules of the library. Any adult person guilty of violating this provision shall be subject to a fine in accordance with the general penalty provision found in Section 1.106 of this code.
(Ordinance 450, adopted 3/20/95, Section 1)
Every adult person who shall take or borrow from the Atlanta Public Library any book, pamphlet, periodical, paper or other library property which is allowed to be checked out, and who shall neglect, refuse or fail to return the same within two (2) weeks after the date of mailing a notice to his or her address noted on the current library card shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, on conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine in accordance with the general penalty provision found in Section 1.106 of this code, for each offense, exclusive of and in addition to any administrative fees normally assessed by the library for late return of books or materials.
(Ordinance 450, adopted 3/20/95, Section 2)
Every adult person who shall recklessly cut, mutilate, mark, tear, write upon, deface or otherwise destroy or injure in whole or in part, any book, pamphlet, periodical, map or document, picture, or written or engraved or printed paper or any other library property belonging to the Atlanta Public Library, or shall suffer any such injury to be inflicted while such property is in his custody, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine in accordance with the general penalty provision found in Section 1.106 of this code.
(Ordinance 450, adopted 3/20/95, Section 3)
For the purpose of this article, an “adult person” is any person who has reached his or her seventeenth birthday.
(Ordinance 450, adopted 3/20/95, Section 4)
Parents and/or guardians are responsible for the conduct or activities of their children under the age of seventeen (17) years. A parent or guardian is liable for any property damage to library materials proximately caused by (1) the negligent conduct of the child if the conduct is reasonably attributable to the negligent failure of the parent or guardian to exercise their duty of control and reasonable discipline of said child, or (2) the willful or malicious conduct of a child who is at least twelve (12) years of age, but under eighteen (18).
(Ordinance 450, adopted 3/20/95, Section 5)
That the Atlanta Public Library shall charge and collect from library patrons and members of the general public the sum as provided for in the fee schedule found in the appendix of this code, for each copy made on the library premises with library equipment.
(Ordinance 424, adopted 9/21/93)