Library Rules of Conduct

LB RESOLUTION 04-02

A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF LIBRARY TRUSTEES OF THE CITY OF MISSION VIEJO ESTABLISHING REGULATIONS FOR CONDUCT WITHIN AND AROUND THE MISSION VIEJO LIBRARY

THE BOARD OF LIBRARY TRUSTEES OF THE CITY OF MISSION VIEJO DOES RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:

Section 1. Purpose. The Mission Viejo Library (“Library”) and its grounds (“Library Grounds”) have been established to provide a place where the public can comfortably review a wide variety of materials and otherwise read, learn, and study. To fulfill this purpose, the Board of Library Trustees (“Board”) deems it necessary to prohibit conduct that is disruptive to the operation of the Library. The purpose of this Resolution is to define behavior that is unacceptable within the Library and on the Library Grounds.

Section 2. Prohibited Conduct. No person shall do any of the following:

a. Destroy, injure, deface any Library property, including without limitation, books magazines, furniture, fixtures, computer equipment, computer systems, computer software, and programs;

b. Smoke or consume tobacco products within the Library or on the Library Grounds other than in an area that has been designated for such activity.

c. Engage in an activity or conduct in the Library or on the Library Grounds, after being asked to stop by a Library employee, that a reasonable person would consider to be disturbing;

d. Bring a bicycle, skateboard, roller blades, roller skates or other wheeled toy or device into the Library or onto the Library Grounds other than to store such item in a storage area designated by the City Librarian;

e. Ride a bicycle on the Library Grounds other than on the driveway and parking lot area while accessing or exiting a bicycle parking area designated by the City Librarian;

f. Ride a skateboard, roller blades, roller skates, or other wheeled toy or device on the Library Grounds;

g. Carry, lead, or bring an animal in the Library or cause an animal to enter the Library, provided, however, that this provision is not applicable to disabled persons utilizing identified service animals;

h. Carry, lead, or bring onto Library Grounds an animal that is not leashed and under continuous direct and immediate human control;

i. Posses a gun, knife, or similar weapon in the Library or on the Library Grounds, provided, however, that this provision shall not apply to any peace officer licensed to carry a weapon;

j. Lie down, doze, or sleep in the Library;

k. Possess any bottle, can or other container containing an alcoholic beverage or consume an alcoholic beverage while in the Library or on the Library Grounds, provided however, that this provision shall not apply to persons attending special events approved by the City Council;

l. Be under the influence or in possession of a controlled substance (as defined in Health and Safety Code Section 11007) in the Library or on the Library Grounds;

m. Be in the Library before or after operating hours without receiving permission from a Library employee;

n. Possess any food or beverages or consume any food or beverages in the Library, provided, however, that this provision shall not apply to persons attending approved special events in the Community Room;

o. Make a persistent noise or noises in the Library or on the Library Grounds, after being asked to stop by a Library employee, that a reasonable person would consider disturbing;

p. Engage in any fund-raising activity in the Library or on the Library Grounds, provided, however, that this provision shall not apply to person affiliated with nonprofit organizations conducting an approved fund-raising event in the Community Room;

q. Allow a child for whom such person is responsible to damage library property or to engage in an activity that a reasonable person would consider disturbing;

r. Use a cell phone or pager (beeper) in the Library. Cell phones and pagers must be turned off or turned to vibrating mode before entering the Library.

s. Leave a child under the age of ten unattended in the Library or on the Library Grounds.

Section 3. Penalty. Pursuant to Education Code Section 18960, a Library employee may eject from the Library and the Library Grounds any person who engages in conduct prohibited by this Resolution. The City Librarian may rescind the library privileges of any person who repeatedly engages in conduct prohibited by this Resolution.

Section 4. The Secretary shall certify to the adoption of this Resolution.

PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 15th day of November, 2004.

Signed by Mayor Gayle Reavis

I hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was duly adopted by the Library Board of Trustees of the City of Mission Viejo at a regularly scheduled meeting therof, held on the 15th day of November, 2004, by the following vote of the Board:

AYES: Craycraft, Kelley, Ledesma, MacLean, Reavis
NOES: None
ABSENT: None

ATTEST:

Signed by the City Clerk Karen Hamman