[Ord. #521, § 1; Ord. #1250, § 1]
No person shall detain or fail to return any
book, periodical, pamphlet, artistic reproduction, phonograph recording,
audiovisual material or any other article borrowed from the library
of the Township of Bernards after 30 days have elapsed from the date
of posting by certified mail, return receipt requested, or by regular
mail, of a notice demanding return thereof, addressed to said person
at the last address furnished to the library.
[Ord. #521, § 2]
No person shall cut, tear, deface, disfigure,
damage or destroy any book, periodical, pamphlet, artistic reproduction,
phonograph recording, audiovisual material or any other article, or
any part thereof, which is borrowed from, owned by or is in the custody
of the Township library.
[Ord. #521, § 3]
No person shall register or furnish a false
name or address or use without the owner's permission any card other
than the one issued to said person for the purpose of borrowing any
book, periodical, pamphlet, phonograph recording, audiovisual material
or any other article from the Township library.
[Ord. #521, § 4]
a.
The Board of Trustees of the library of the Township
of Bernards shall adopt and post in a conspicuous place in the library
reasonable rules, regulations and procedures governing the borrowing
of books, periodicals, pamphlets or any other item or article which
may be available for such borrowing to the public.
b.
No person shall remove any book, periodical, pamphlet,
artistic reproduction, phonograph recording, audiovisual material
or any other item or article from the library of the Township of Bernards
unless such person shall have first complied with said rules, regulations
and procedures.
[Ord. #521, § 5]
The provisions of this section shall be enforced
by the Director of the library of the Township of Bernards or such
other person as may be designated by the Board of Trustees of the
library of the Township of Bernards. The enforcement shall be carried
out with the advice of the Board of Trustees of the Bernards Township
Library.
[Ord. #521, § 6]
Any person violating any provision of this ordinance shall, upon conviction thereof, be subject to a fine not to exceed $100 for each offense or, in the case of a violation of Subsection 3-6.1 or 3-6.2, for each article detained or damaged. Continued failure to return any such article detained or to pay the library of the Township of Bernards the replacement cost thereof or of any article damaged, for a period of 30 days after conviction of a violation of Subsection 3-6.1 or 3-6.2 shall constitute a separate offense under this section.
