[HISTORY: Article I adopted by the Board
of Commissioners (now Borough Council) of the Borough of Beach Haven
as indicated in article history. Subsequent articles adopted by the
Borough Council of the Borough of Beach Haven as indicated in article
histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 10-14-1986 by Ord. No. 86-12]
As used in this article, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
The individual employed by the Beach Haven Free Public Library
as a specialist in the care and management of a library.
The Beach Haven Free Public Library located within the Borough
of Beach Haven, County of Ocean, State of New Jersey.
Includes the singular and the plural and shall also mean
and include any person, firm or corporation, association, club, partnership
or society or any other organization.
A.
All persons borrowing literary, musical, artistic
or reference materials (as books, manuscripts, magazines, recordings,
film or the like) from the Beach Haven Free Public Library shall comply
with the requirements and policies of the librarian for the borrowing
and return of those materials to the Beach Haven Free Public Library.
B.
If any person is delinquent more than 14 days in returning
the materials borrowed from the Beach Haven Free Public Library, then
in that event the librarian may, at the librarian's discretion, notify
said person by certified mail, return receipt requested, to return
the borrowed material no later than 14 days from the date of the receipt
of the letter. If the person fails to comply with the request of the
librarian, then the librarian may, thereafter, sign a complaint in
the Municipal Court of the Borough of Beach Haven for the person's
failure to return the borrowed material.
Any person failing to comply with the request of the librarian to return the material, in accordance with the letter authorized to be sent by the librarian as set forth in § 117-2 above and upon conviction of the same in the Municipal Court of the Borough of Beach Haven, the Municipal Court Judge may, in the Judge's discretion, fine the person an amount not to exceed $25 per day per item from the date upon which the book, article or other material should have been returned in accordance with the written demand.
