HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 05-011 ORDINANCE NO. 05-011
ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 16 OF THE
CODE OF ORDINANCES TO AMEND SECTION 16-9 DEALING
WITH NONRESIDENT FEES AND A PROCESSING FEE AND
SECTION 16-14 TO DELETE FILMS AND FILMSTRIPS NO
LONGER CIRCULATED AND CHANGE THE LOAN PERIOD FOR
COMPACT DISCS AND ADD AUDIO BOOKS; PROVIDING FOR
SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR REPEAL; PROVIDING FOR A
PENALTY; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
Section 1.
THAT Chapter16, Sections 16-9 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Beaumont
be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows:
Section 16-9. Fees for nonresident cards.
It shall be unlawful for a nonresident of the city to check out any item from the
Beaumont Public unless such person holds a nonresident card issued under the following
terms and conditions:
(1) A nonresident individual card at a cost of Twenty-Five ($25) Dollars per year
will entitle the holder to check out a maximum of five (5) items at any one time
if otherwise allowed by existing rules for each item.
(2) A nonresident family card at a cost of Forty ($40) Dollars per year will entitle
the holder to check out a maximum of ten (10) items at any one time if
otherwise allowed by existing rules for each item.
Section 2.
That Chapter 16 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Beaumont, Section 16-14
is hereby amended to read as follows:
Sec. 16-14. Late charges; processing fee.
The director shall charge a daily late charge to those persons whose cards
are used to check out materials which are returned after the applicable loan
period. The loan period, daily late charge and maximum late charge for each
item shall be as follows:
Daily Maximum
Item Loan Period Late Charge Late Charge
Books Two weeks with one renewal Replacement
for two weeks $0.10 cost
Cassettes Three weeks/Non-renewable Replacement
$0.10 cost
Compact discs and Two weeks/with one renewal Replacement
Audio Books for two weeks $0.10 cost
Video Tapes One Week/non-renewable $2.00 $25.00
Framed Prints One month/Non-renewable $0.50 $10.00
The loan periods established herein may not be extended by renewal.
The director shall, in addition to any late charge imposed by this section, charge a
processing fee of five ($5.00)dollars for hard back books and two($2.00)dollars for paper
back books, which is not refundable, for lost or damaged materials.
Section 3.
That if any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this ordinance, orthe
application of same to a particular set of persons or circumstances, should for any reason
be held to be invalid, such invalidity shall not affect the remaining portions of this
ordinance, and to such end the various portions and provisions of this ordinance are
declared to be severable.
Section 4.
That all ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are repealed to the
extent of the conflict only.
Section 5.
That any person who violates any provision of this ordinance shall, upon
conviction, be punished as provided in Section 1-8 of the Code of Ordinances of the City
of Beaumont, Texas.
Section 6.
This ordinance shall be effective from and after January 25, 2004.
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL of the City of Beaumont this the 25th day of
January, 2005.
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