§ 7.40.040. Rules of conduct enforcement.

(a)

General Provision. A library customer is subject to exclusion from the library or may otherwise have his or her library privileges restricted or suspended if he or she (or a person under his or her control or direction) violates any of the rules of conduct specified in Section 7.40.030 within ninety days after he or she was given a verbal warning for a violation of the rules of conduct and a subsequent written warning notice of a violation of the rules of conduct. Serious violations of the rules of conduct may result in the issuance of a written warning notice without a verbal warning.

(b)

Persons Authorized to Issue Warning or Exclusion Notices. The library director shall designate those library staff employees who are authorized to issue warning and exclusion notices.

(c)

Issuance of Warning or Exclusion Notices.

(1)

Warning Notice. After the issuance of a verbal warning to a library customer for a violation of the rules of conduct or immediately upon the occurrence of a serious rules of conduct violation, a library director designated employee may issue a written warning notice for a rules of conduct violation. The warning notice shall specify that the recipient must leave the library for the remainder of the day, and that in the event a second violation of the rules of conduct occurs within ninety days of issuance of the warning notice, that person shall be subject to exclusion from the library or the loss of some or all of his or her library privileges as the library director designee may determine to be appropriate. The warning notice shall also contain information concerning the right to appeal to the library director. The person to whom the warning notice is issued shall sign a written acknowledgment of its receipt. If the recipient refuses to sign, the person issuing the warning notice shall make a written record of the refusal.

(2)

Exclusion Notice. If a library customer has received a warning notice and again violates a rule of conduct within ninety days of the date of issuance of the warning notice, a library designated employee may issue a written exclusion notice excluding the person from the library or losing some or all of his or her library privileges as the library director designated employee may determine to be appropriate. If the person is excluded from the library, the exclusion shall be for a period of no less than one month and no more than twelve months.

The exclusion notice shall specify the person that is to be excluded from the library, the period of the exclusion, the time the exclusion is to commence, any library privileges being lost and the specified period of loss, and information concerning the right to appeal the exclusion notice to the library director. The person to whom the exclusion notice is issued shall sign a written acknowledgment of its receipt and allow his or her photograph to be taken. If the recipient refuses to sign, the person issuing the exclusion notice shall make a written record of the refusal.

(Ord. 3060 § 1 (part), 2005)