Behaviors that are encouraged:

• Respect for other patrons and staff
• Respect for library facility, equipment, materials
• Community responsibility for appropriate conduct

Unacceptable Behaviors:

• Illegal
• Disruptive:  Any behavior or physical obstacle that prevents any person from accomplishing appropriate library business

1. Noise
2. Unwelcome contact from another library user
3. Inappropriate language, clothing, strong odor
4. Physical impediments such as bicycles, backpacks, large groups of people, etc. that prohibit access to the facility or its contents
5. Animals other than service animals assisting individuals with disabilities, or in training to do so, or animals under the control of a police officer or an animal handler authoried by Library staff to attend a special event conducted on the premises

• Abusive: any behavior with the potential to cause harm to the building or its contents, or to cause inequitable use of resources

1. Food and drink other than during approved Library-sponsored events
2. Computer abuses:
• Using more than allotted time
• Using another patron's library card for access
• Not paying for printing
• Viewing sexually explicit images
• Removing protective screens
• Darkening screens
• Changing settings that need professional attention to restore
• Accessing the Internet on the catalog stations
3. Inappropriate use of restrooms, furniture, library materials

• Unsafe:  any behavior with the potential to cause physical harm

1. Unsupervised children
2. Objects left in pathways
3. Climbing, running, jumping

• Unaddressed:  any behavior that elicits patron or staff concerns, with the expectation that patrons will respond to a reasonable request from staff