Chapter 10.72
LIBRARY MATERIALS
Sections:
10.72.010 Destruction prohibited.
10.72.020 Failure to return prohibited.
10.72.030 Checking out material required.
10.72.040 Using another’s borrower’s card.
10.72.010 Destruction prohibited.
It is unlawful to intentionally injure, deface, cut or mark, or destroy any property belonging in or on deposit with the Everett Public Library, or any branch, reading room, deposit station, museum, or institution operated in connection therewith. (Ord. 1145-85 § 124(1), 1985)
10.72.020 Failure to return prohibited.
It is unlawful to retain any book, newspaper, magazine, pamphlet, document, record, film, print, manuscript, or other property belonging to or in, or on deposit with, the Everett Public Library, or any branch, reading room, deposit station, museum, or institution operated in connection therewith, for a period exceeding thirty days after the mailing by certified mail to the borrower’s address on file with said library of a notice in writing to return the same. Such notice shall be given after the expiration of time which, by the rules of the Everett Public Library, such article or other property may be kept. If such library materials are not returned after the date indicated on the notice, the borrower shall be billed for the purchase price of the materials, regardless of whether the materials are returned after the final return date. Such notice so mailed shall bear on its face a copy of this section. (Ord. 1145-85 § 124(2), 1985)
10.72.030 Checking out material required.
It is the responsibility of the person to whom a library card was issued whenever that card is used to check out any item from the library; provided, however, such person is relieved from further responsibility, upon notification to the Everett Public Library that the library card has been lost, misplaced or otherwise unaccountable. It shall be the duty of any person to whom a library card is issued to notify the Everett Public Library of any change of address. (Ord. 1145-85 § 124(3), 1985)
10.72.040 Using another’s borrower’s card.
It is unlawful to take from the Everett Public Library, or any branch, reading room, deposit station, museum, or institution operated in connection therewith, any property belonging therein or thereto, without the permission of the librarian or an assistant, or by making use of a borrower’s card belonging to another without the permission of the owner thereof and the librarian or an assistant, or by color or aid of any fraud or false representation, impersonation or pretense, or by any false token writing, or by any device or trick. (Ord. 1145-85 § 124(4), 1985)
10.72.050 Violation—Penalty.
Any person convicted of any provision of this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and may be punished by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars. (Amended during 1/88 supplement; Ord. 1145-85 § 124(5), 1985)