HomeMy WebLinkAbout1302 01-27-1998ORDINANCE NO. 1302
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 30, "FEES ",
SECTION 30 -28, "LIBRARY ", OF THE EULESS CODE OF
ORDINANCES; PROVIDING A SAVING CLAUSE;
PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING
AN EFFECTIVE DATE
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL, CITY OF EULESS,
TEXAS:
That Chapter 30, "Fees ", Section 30 -28, "Library", subsections (1) through (5) and
subsection (7) be deleted and the following be added:
TYPE OF MATERIAL
LOAN PERIOD
LIMIT
FINE PER DAY
PER ITEM
Books, cassettes, CDs,
Nonfiction
book bags, film strips
3 weeks
2 per subject
$0.20
Videocassettes
1 week
5 titles
$0.20
Interlibrary Loan
3 weeks
None
$0.50
16mm Film (borrowed from
Northeast Texas Library 2 days None $2.00
System)
Maximum fine to accrue on $0.20 & $0.50 items -- $5.00
Duplicate library card -- $2.00
Items lost or damaged -- Replacement cost plus $5.00 per item reprocessing fee
Items not listed in replacement data bases -- $15.00 for children's book
$25.00 for adult hand cover book
$10.00 for trade paperback book
$ 5.00 for mass market paperback
Missing bar code - $1.00
Cost of sending overdue notice by certified mail -- Actual cost of postage
Use of copier & microfiche reader /printer -- $0.10 per copy
Nonresident fees for residents outside cities with reciprocal
agreements (nonresidents must purchase a $5.00 punch
card and must present both punch card and library card). $0.25 per item
Fees are waived for students attending public schools in Euless while residing in the City
of Fort Worth, and for their families and for teachers of schools in Euless.
SAVING CLAUSE. That applicable chapters of the Code of Ordinances, City of Euless,
Texas, as amended, shall remain in full force and effect, save and except as amended
by this ordinance.
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.
EFFECTIVE DATE. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its
passage and publication as provided by the Euless City Charter and the laws of the State
of Texas.
PRESENTED AND APPROVED ON THE FIRST AND FINAL READING on the 27 day
of - January, 1998, at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Euless, Texas,
by a vote of 7 ayes, 0 nays and 0 abstentions.
ATTEST: APPROVED:
Al
Susan Crim,fCMC/AAE Mary Lib aleh
City Secretary Mayor
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