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ORDINANCE NO. 2015 -281
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 2 -158 OF THE CITY OF DENTON CODE OF
ORDINANCES; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT THEREWITH;
PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY CLAUSE; AND
PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the Director of Libraries has recommended certain changes to Section 2 -158
of the Code of Ordinances "Return of Borrowed Materials" regarding neglect, refuse or failure to
return property; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that these changes to Section 2 -158 of the
Code are in the public interest; NOW, THEREFORE,
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON HEREBY ORDAINS:
SECTION 1. Article V Library, Section 2 -158 of the Code of Ordinances is hereby
deleted in its entirety and replaced with as follows:
ARTICLE V. LIBRARY
DIVISION 1. GENERALLY
Sec. 2 -158. Return of borrowed materials.
It is unlawful for any person, including the parent or guardian of a child under the age of
seventeen (17) years who shall take or borrow from the public library any item to neglect, refuse
or fail to return the property within twenty -one (2 1) days of the date noted on the charge receipt
at the time of check out. A notification will be sent to his or her address, telephone number or
email address as noted on the current customer record after the item has been overdue for five (5)
days.
SECTION 2. A person violating this ordinance shall be guilty of a Class C
Misdemeanor.
SECTION 3. If any provision of this ordinance or the application thereof to any person
or circumstance is held invalid, by any court, such invalidity shall not affect the validity of other
provisions or applications, and to this end the provisions of this ordinance are severable.
SECTION 4. All provisions of the ordinances of the City of Denton in conflict with the
provisions of this ordinance are hereby repealed, and all other provisions of the ordinances of the
City of Denton, not in conflict with the provisions of this ordinance, shall remain in full force
and effect.
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SECTION 5. This ordinance shall become effective fourteen (14) days from the date of
its passage, and the City Secretary is hereby directed to cause the caption of this ordinance to be
published twice in the Denton Record - Chronicle, a daily newspaper published in the City of
Denton, Texas, within ten (10) days of the date of its passage.
PASSED AND APPROVED this (lie 5 clay of_.Af__1r. i111Ag ., ............m, 2015
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ATTEST:
JENNIFER WALTERS, CITY SECRETARY
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APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM:
ANITA BURGESS, CITY ATTORNEY
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