1-12 PUBLIC LIBRARY

CHAPTER 12
PUBLIC LIBRARY

SECTION:

1-12-1: Library Fund

1-12-2: Real Estate To Vest In City

1-12-3: Library Borrowers’ Cards

1-12-4: Borrowers Outside City, Fees

1-12-5: Prohibited Acts And Conditions

1-12-1 LIBRARY FUND:

A. Fund Established: There is hereby created in the city treasury a fund to be known as the library fund, and the city council shall include in its annual budget an appropriation for such fund. All warrants paid out of said fund shall be drawn upon the recommendation of the library board¹ with the approval of the city council, and shall be for the uses and purposes authorized by law.

B. Fund Applications: The library fund, including all monies or property derived by gift, devise, bequest or otherwise for the purposes of the library, shall be applied to the purposes herein authorized. If such payment into the treasury should be inconsistent with the conditions or terms of any such gift, devise or bequest, the library board shall provide for the safety and preservation of the same and the application thereof to the use of the library and reading rooms, in accordance with the terms and conditions of such gift, devise or bequest. (Ord. 377, 4-11-1978)

1-12-2 REAL ESTATE TO VEST IN CITY:

The title of all property, real and personal, now owned or hereafter acquired by purchase, gift, devise, bequest or otherwise for the purpose of the library and reading rooms, when not inconsistent with the terms of its acquisition, shall vest in Garden City and in the name of Garden City may be sued for and defended by action at law or otherwise. (Ord. 377, 4-11-1978)

1-12-3 LIBRARY BORROWERS’ CARDS:

A. The library board shall prepare, or cause to be prepared, a library borrower’s card in the form and containing the information it deems necessary to be issued to applicants for presentation by which to obtain any book, newspaper, magazine, pamphlet, manuscript or other property belonging to the Garden City public library.

B. Library borrowers’ cards shall be issued to:

1. Residents, and shall be nonexpiring as long as residency is maintained.

2. Nonresidents, and shall be valid for one year from the month of issuance.

Cards now outstanding shall be valid until the expiration date now provided for such card or cards.

C. When any library cardholder shall move from the address shown on the card issued to him, or when the name of the cardholder is changed by marriage or otherwise, such person shall present his card for change of address and/or name thereon prior to or at the time of the next use of his card.

D. It shall be unlawful for any library cardholder to give or loan his or her card to another person for any purpose whatsoever and for the purpose of aiding such person to obtain any book, newspaper, magazine, pamphlet, manuscript or other property belonging to the Garden City public library.

E. It shall be unlawful for any person to acquire any book, newspaper, magazine, pamphlet, manuscript or other property belonging to the Garden City library upon the presentation of a library card issued to another person. (Ord. 377, 4-11-1978)

1-12-4 BORROWERS OUTSIDE CITY, FEES:

A. No person who resides outside the corporate limits of the city, regardless of post office or mailing address, shall be issued a library borrower’s card or a renewal thereof, except upon the payment of an annual maintenance license fee to be set by the city council by resolution, not to exceed seventy five dollars ($75.00); provided, however, if any person or a spouse thereof or a parent pays ad valorem taxes on real and/or personal property situated within Garden City, such person or spouse thereof or a parent shall be deemed a resident library borrower; and provided, further however, that the city council reserves the right to waive with or without application the foregoing license fee for a library borrower’s card imposed upon persons residing outside the corporate limits of Garden City. (Ord. 910-09, 4-13-2009)

B. The library borrower’s card issued upon payment of the annual license fee shall constitute either an individual or a family card. Such card shall be issued in the name of the individual or, if for a family, shall be issued in the name of the husband or wife, or both, and shall list the names of and be valid as to the children of such husband and wife. (Ord. 377, 4-11-1978)

1-12-5 PROHIBITED ACTS AND CONDITIONS:

A. Defacing Library Property: No person shall wilfully or intentionally cut, tear, deface, break, injure or destroy any book, map, chart, picture, engraving, newspaper, magazine, pamphlet, manuscript or other property belonging to the Garden City public library or any branch thereof except for material and items intended for discard or cutting.

B. Unlawful Retention Of Library Property: No person shall retain any book, newspaper, magazine, pamphlet, manuscript or other property belonging to the Garden City public library or any branch thereof for more than three (3) days after notice in writing to return the same. Giving of notice shall be deemed sufficient if given in person or if mailed to the address of such person as shown by the library records. Service by mail is complete at the time of mailing.

C. Failure To Pay Fees: It shall be unlawful for any person to fail to remit fees established and assessed by the board of trustees of the Garden City public library for failure to return books or other library materials when due.

D. Penalty: Any person violating any of the provisions of this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be subject to a fine of up to three hundred dollars ($300.00) and up to six (6) months in jail. (Ord. 532, 1-10-1989)