HomeMy Public PortalAboutOrdinance No. 589-88 10-24-1988 ORDINANCE NO. 589
• AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 11 OF CHAPTER 7, "OFFENSES AND
NUISANCES", OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, CITY OF RICHLAND HILLS,
TEXAS TO EI~fUMERATE LIBRARY FEES AND CHARGES; PROVIDING A
SAVINGS CLAUSE; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RICHLAND
HILLS, TEXAS:
I.
That Secton 11 of Chapter 7, "Offenses and Nuisances", of the Code of
Ordinances, City of Richland Hills, Texas, as amended, be hereby amended
to hereafter be and read as follows:
SECTION 11:
A. DETAINING OR DAMAGING LIBRARY BOOKS AND PROPERTY
It shall be a misdemeanor to detain or damage books and other
property of the Richland Hills Library, and any person who violates
this section shall be subject to a fine as provided in Chapter 1 of
this Code.
B. LIBRARY FEES AND CHARGES
• (1) Copy Machine $.15 per copy
(2) Lost/Replacement Cards..... .50 each time
(3) Courtesy Cards .50 each time
(4) Fines (Books, a.v., etc.).. .15 per day per item
a. to a maximum of $2.00 on puzzles, paperback books,
periodicals, etc.
b. to a maximum of $5.00 on hardback books and audio
cassette tapes.
(5) Fines (Video cassette tapes) per day per item to a
maximum of 10.00 on video cassette tapes...... $1.00
(6) Fines(Porta-video players) per day per item-no maximum
applicable $5.00
(7) Lost/Damaged Materials
a. Paperback books, vertical file, periodicals, etc.,
cost of item + $2.00 service fee
• b. Hardback books, video cassette tapes, audio cassette
tapes, etc., cost of item + $4.00 service fee
(8) Meeting Room (as available)
a. Non-profit organization.......... $15.00
up to 4 hours, plus $5.00/hr. thereafter
b. (related equipment use).......... 5.00
c. Refundable deposit 25.00
d. Profit Organization 40.00
. e. (related equipment use).......... 5.00
f. Available during normal business hours
No food/no drinks/no smoking
No charge for City Departments or City related
business (ie. Board meetings, etc.)
II.
SAVINGS CLAUSE. That Chapter 7 of the Code of Ordinances, City of
Richland Hills, Texas, as amended, shall remain in full force and
effect, save and except as amended by this ordinance.
III.
SEVERABILITY CLAUSE. That it is hereby declared to be the intention of
the City Council that the sections, paragraphs, sentences, clauses and
phrases of this ordinance are severable, and if any phrase, clause,
sentence, paragraph or section of this ordinance shall be declared
invalid or unconstitutional by the valid judgment or decree of any court
of competent jurisdiction, such invalidity or unconstitutionality shall
not affect any of the remaining phrases, clauses, sentences, paragraphs
or sections of this ordinance, since the same would have been enacted by
the City Council without the incorporation in this ordinance of any such
invalid or unconstitutional phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or
section.
IV.
EFFECTIVE DATE. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from
and after its passage and publication as provided by the Richland Hills
City Charter and the laws of the State of Texas.
PRESENTED, GIVEN FIRST READING AND APPROVED at a regular meeting of the
Richland Hills City Council on the 24 day of October 1988; by a
vote of 4 ayes, 0 nays and 0 abstentions.
APPROVED:
C~ f-~ ~ Cti~-~'l~-(,~~c ~ 1
W. H. (Bill) Vincent, Jr., Mayor
A ST:
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Pauline Kempe, City ecretary
(APPROVED TO FORM:
aul F. Wieneski^ City Attorney