09/24/2025

BARTLETT PUBLIC LIBRARY DISTRICT
800 S. BARTLETT ROAD
BARTLETT, ILLIINOIS 60103
630.837.2855
WWW.BARTLETTLIBRARY.ORG

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BARTLETT PUBLIC LIBRARY DISTRICT ORDINANCE 2025-7

ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING RULES OF CONDUCT FOR THE USE OF THE LIBRARY AND PRESCRIBING SANCTIONS FOR VIOLATION OF RULES

WHEREAS, the Board of Library Trustees of the Bartlett Public Library District, DuPage and Cook Counties, Illinois, is a body politic and corporate and is organized and exercises powers pursuant to the Illinois Public Library District Act (the Act). The Act provides that the Board of Library Trustees (Board) has the following powers, without limitation:

1.  To have exclusive control of the supervision, care, and custody of the grounds, rooms, or buildings set apart for Library purposes (75 ILCS 16/30-55.15);
2.  To exclude from the use of the Library, any person who willfully violates an ordinance or regulation prescribed by the Board (75 ILCS 16/30-55.55).

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Board as follows:

Section 1. No person shall act in such a manner as to unreasonably alarm or disturb any patron or person or employee within any Library buildings, vehicles, or grounds.

Section 2. No person shall destroy, damage, or vandalize any Library material or property, including, without limitation, Library books, magazines, materials, furnishings, shrubs or landscaping, wall hangings, or any other property of the Library. Vandalism shall be deemed to have occurred when anyone knowingly tears, marks on, or maliciously renders imperfect or otherwise damages or destroys any Library materials or property.

Section 3. No person shall violate any statute of the United States, the State of Illinois, Ordinance of the Village of Bartlett, or Library Ordinance, rule, regulation, or policy within any Library buildings, vehicles, or grounds of the Library.

Section 4. If a person violates any of the foregoing provisions of Sections 1 through 3, inclusive, the Library Director and/or any security guard, police or law enforcement officer, management level employee, or designated person-in-charge have authority to immediately exclude the violator for one (1) to ninety (90) days.

Section 5.

1.  Any individual excluded from the Library for a violation of this Ordinance may be excluded for a period of time not to exceed one (1) year as determined by the Library Director and may be readmitted only upon approval of the Library Director.
2.  In cases of exclusion, the Library Director shall attempt to give notice in person or by certified mail, return receipt requested, to the individual violating this Ordinance which notice shall describe the duration of the exclusion from use of the Library and requirements, if any, conditioning resumption of Library privileges. In the case of individuals under the age of eighteen (18) (minors) and living with a parent or guardian, an attempt will be made to provide notice to the parent or guardian with a copy provided to the minor.

Section 6. All incidents giving rise to exclusion from use of the Library for more than thirty (30) days shall be reported to the Board. The excluded person may request a hearing before the Board in writing. Upon receipt of such a request, the Board may schedule a hearing. Following any hearing, the Board will endeavor to respond in writing within thirty (30) days after the hearing.

Section 7. The Board authorizes Library employees to call law enforcement as necessary to assist with compliance with this Ordinance and sign any complaint or other documentation reasonably necessary to enforce this Ordinance.

Section 8. This Ordinance confirms and ratifies policies and procedures used in the past with respect to Library bans. Further, the Board ratifies ban decisions made prior to the passage of this Ordinance.

PASSED September 15, 2025 pursuant to roll call vote as follows:

AYES:

NAYS:

ABSTAIN: __________________________________

ABSENT:

Adopted 09/15/2025