HomeMy Public PortalAboutOrdinance No. 669-92 06-09-1992
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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 11 OF CHAPTER 7,
"OFFENSES AND NUISANCES" OF THE CODE OF
ORDINANCES, CITY OF RICHLAND HILLS, TEXAS, AS
ENACTED BY ORDINANCE 589, TO REVISE THE LIBRARY
FEES AND CHARGES SET FORTH THEREIN; PROVIDING A
SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING A SAVING CLAUSE;
AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF RICHLAND HILLS, TEXAS:
I.
That Section 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: LIBRARY.
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 FINES. FEES AND CHARGES
(1) Copy Machine - - - - - - - - - $ .15 per copy
(2) Lost/Replacement Cards - - - 1.00 for the first
replacement card
issued; 2.00 for
the second; 3.00
for the third;
4.00 for the
fourth, and in like
manner, without
maximum, one
additional dollar
for each additional
replacement card
issued.
(3) Courtesy Cards - - - - - - - - 1.00 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
materials.
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• (5) Fines -Video cassette tapes -per day per item to a maximum
of 10.00 on vide 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 + $3.00 service fee
b. Hardback books, video cassette tapes, audio
materials, etc., cost of item + 5.00 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
(all organizations)
d. Profit Organization - - - - - - 40.00
• e. (related equipment use) - - - - - - 5.00
Available during normal business hours
No food/no drinks/no smoking
No charge for City Departments or City-related business
(i.e. Board meetings, etc.)
II.
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 and
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.
III.
Saving 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.
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• 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 9th day of June 1992, by a vote
of ~ ayes, ~ nays, and abstentions.
APPROVED:
C. F. Kelley, Mayor
ATTEST:
Pauline Kempe, City Secr tary
D AS TO FORM:
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aul F. Wieneskie, ty Attorney
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