Behavior Which May Result In Being Asked To Leave The Library:
- Failure to abide by the Library’s physical distancing requirements
- Failure to wear a safety face covering when required
- Abusive or menacing language.
- Physical, sexual, or verbal harassment of an individual, public or staff. This includes harassment through the Internet or other computer resources.
- Unreasonable, intentional noise which affects the ability to function of those individuals working in the area
- Taunting, following, stalking, provoking, or challenging an individual
- Fighting or wrestling
- Threatening harm to persons or property
- Hindering, impeding, or preventing the movement of an individual into, out of, or about a library facility or vehicle
- Unauthorized possession or mutilation of library materials
- Unauthorized possession or mutilation of an individual’s personal property
- Exhibiting unacceptable behavior that indicates an individual is under the influence of alcohol, beer, or any controlled substance
- Selling, purchasing, or offering for purchase any item or service while on library property or library vehicles
- Destruction, mutilation, or damaging of library property, facilities, or vehicles
- Failure to wear shoes
- Any other act(s) not covered above which threaten an individual, public or staff, library property, library materials, library facilities, and library vehicles
- Any illegal act
- Trespassing in a non-public area of any library facility
Behavior For Which An Individual May Be Warned As Inappropriate - One Or More Warnings May Result In Being Asked To Leave:
- Sleeping
- Eating and/or drinking except at a library-sponsored event
- Smoking
- Selling, purchasing, or offering to sell products to any individual
- Panhandling
- Horseplay on an escalator, elevator, or stairway
- Use of public restrooms or library facilities for bathing or laundering purposes
- Photographing, filming, or video- or audio-recording that invades the privacy of persons in the Library or disrupts or interferes with the operations or functions of the Library.
Behavior For Which No Action Will Be Taken:
- Staring into space or at an individual
- Playing chess, checkers, cards, or other games, which do not hinder library operations and in which no gambling takes place
- Personal hygiene
- Quiet talking
Adopted by the Board of Trustees on September 29, 2022