Arcadia Municipal Code Part 8 Library

• LIBRARY RULES. WITHDRAWAL OF CONSENT. EXPULSION FROM LIBRARY. MISDEMEANOR. APPEALS PROCEDURE.

Every person who willfully disrupts the orderly operation of the Library of the City of Arcadia or violates any rule adopted by resolution of the City Council or the Library Board of Trustees to protect the orderly operation of the Library and posted in a conspicuous place at the entrance to the Library building is guilty of a misdemeanor.

The Library Director or a person designated in writing by the Library Director to maintain order and to secure compliance with the Library rules may notify a person that consent to remain in the Library building and on the Library grounds has been withdrawn and then may order such person to leave the Library building and grounds whenever there is reasonable cause to believe that such person has willfully violated such Library rules. Consent shall automatically be reinstated at the end of twenty-four (24) hours unless within that time such person is notified by the Library Director or said designated person that consent shall not be reinstated for a specified period, not exceeding fourteen (14) days. In addition, expulsions from the Library building or the Library grounds and suspension of all privileges of the Library may be imposed against a person whose conduct is sufficiently disruptive to merit expulsion or suspension of privileges for a period of fifteen (15) days or more.

Expulsion and suspension of privileges up to thirty (30) days may be imposed whenever there is reasonable cause to believe that a person has done any of the following:

• Engaged in loud or disruptive conversations, talking, singing, or other disruptive, noisy, or boisterous behavior; or

• Behaved in a manner which reasonably can be expected to disturb other patrons, volunteers, or Library staff; or

• Violated the Standards of Behavior adopted by the Library Board of Trustees or the City Council from time to time as posted in a conspicuous location in the Library such as near the front door and public service desks.

Expulsion and suspension of privileges of up to one hundred eighty (180) days may be imposed whenever there is reasonable cause to believe that a person has done any of the following:

• Been expelled for a period of thirty (30) days each on two (2) or more occasions within the prior twelve (12) months; or

• Engaged in any behavior, conduct, or activity which may damage Library property or pose a written, oral or physical threat to other patrons, volunteers, or Library staff, as reasonably determined by the Library Director, or designee, and refused to cease such behavior, conduct, or activity when requested by Library staff.

Expulsion and suspension of privileges of up to one (1) year may be imposed whenever there is reasonable cause to believe that a person has done any of the following:

• Seriously threatened verbally or physically, seriously harassed verbally or physically, or aggressively or annoyingly stared at or followed, other patrons, volunteers, or Library staff about the Library building or grounds, as reasonably determined by the Library Director, or designee; or

• Destroyed, defaced, or illegally removed Library materials or property in violation of California Education Code section 19910; or

• Behaved in any manner prohibited by federal, state, or local law.

Only the Library Director or a person designated in writing by the Library Director to maintain order and to secure compliance with the Library rules may expel a person from the Library building or the library grounds, and suspend all privileges of the Library, for the foregoing periods, as befitting the person's conduct.

Any person expelled from the Library for a period of thirty (30) days or less may appeal the expulsion to the Library Director, whose decision regarding the appeal shall be final and conclusive.

Any person expelled from the Library for a period of more than thirty (30) days may appeal the expulsion to the Library Board of Trustees, as established pursuant to Section 809 of the Arcadia City Charter. Such appeal must be submitted in writing to the Library Board of Trustees no later than thirty (30) calendar days following the issuance of the notice of explusion to the appellant. The Library Board of Trustees shall render its decision in writing to the appellant to uphold or overturn the expulsion, with a copy to the Library Director no later than forty-five (45) calendar days following completion of the Board's hearing on the appeal. The decision of the Library Board of Trustees shall be final and conclusive.

Notwithstanding any provision herein to the contrary, a notice of explusion or suspension of privileges shall remain in effect during the period of any appeal thereof.

Any person who willfully violates any rule adopted and posted in accordance with this Section or who willfully enters or remains in the Library or on the Library grounds during the period for which consent has been withdrawn or the individual has been expelled is guilty of a misdemeanor.

(Part 8 added to Chapter 2 of Article IV by Ord. 1450 adopted 6-6-72)

(Ord. No. 2329, § 1, 11-17-15)

Editor's note— Ord. No. 2329, § 1, adopted Nov. 17, 2015, changed the title of § 4280 from "Library rules. Withdrawal of Consent. Misdemeanor" to read as set out herein.