Montclair Public Library Patron Code of Conduct
To protect the rights of everyone using the Montclair Free Public Library, the following policies are hereby posted and will be enforced
by the library staff. Persons failing to comply will be asked to leave the library building. Persons who persist in disapproved conduct or
who refuse to leave the library building when requested, will be subject to exclusion from library premises, suspension of library privileges,
and a misdemeanor of arrest.

1. Users of the library must respect the rights and privileges of all other users. Any behavior that inhibits the use of the library by others is
prohibited.

2. Improper conduct on library premises is prohibited. Conduct will be regarded as improper if it includes one or more of the following:

• Creating a public disturbance
• Employing obscene and/or abusive language or behavior
• Smoking or use of tobacco products
• Mutilating, damaging or defacing any library property or library materials
• Eating or drinking, except in library cafe'
• Using alcohol, narcotics, hallucinogens or other foreign substances
• Behaving in a suspicious manner such as being intoxicated or other forms or drunkenness
• Playing a radio, compact disc or tape cassette player without the use of earphones; using a portable television set or any other
  device which might disturb other library users
• Gambling and card-playing
• Blocking or in any way interfering with the free movement of any person or persons
• Rearranging or relocating any library furniture or equipment
• Carrying unauthorized weapons of any sort
• Using library telephones without approval by any person, other than library personnel
• Using cell phones in areas other than the library cafe'
• Removing materials from the library without authorization or clearance through established lending procedures
• Violating any federal, state, local law, ordinance or regulation
• Dressing inappropriately e.g. shoes and shirts must be worn at all times
• Bathing or changing of clothes in the public restrooms
• Selling, distributing or soliciting on library premises

3. Photographs shall not be taken on library premises without the permission of library administration and the permission of the library
users to be photographed.
4. Animals, other than guide dogs for the visually and hearing impaired, are not permitted in the library buildings
5. No one shall leave children unattended (see unattended child policy)on library premises for an extended period of time.