POLICIES

PCCLD seeks to provide a safe, comfortable environment in its libraries in order to promote a worthwhile
and satisfying library experience. Library customers are expected to follow all library policies, including
this Library Rules of Conduct policy. Failure to do so may result in expulsion from the library and/or the
loss of library privileges.

PCCLD expects library customers to abide by all federal, state and local laws while at the library. The
Executive Director or his/her designee is authorized to call local law enforcement officials and report
suspected violations of the law.

PCCLD expects library customers to observe normal rules of common courtesy. Library customers who
are not courteous to others will be asked to stop their discourteous behavior or leave the library.
Prohibited activities at PCCLD libraries include but are not limited to:
● Engaging in any behavior that jeopardizes the health, safety, or well-being of customers or staff
● PCCLD follows Colorado law that regulates firearms in specified sensitive places to include
government buildings and places in which members of the public congregate.
● Abandoning or leaving young children unattended
● Vandalizing library facilities, equipment, or materials
● Littering on library property
● Using obscene or vulgar language
● Smoking, chewing or other tobacco use within the building or within 20 feet of an entrance
● Removing library materials from the building without checking them out
● Engaging in voyeurism, peeping, stalking or acts of public indecency
● Harassing customers or staff
● Failing to wear shirt or shoes
● Bringing in animals other than service animals except as part of a library-sponsored program
● Distributing leaflets or posting notices not authorized by the library administration
● Panhandling, loitering, selling, or soliciting
● Using the library as a place to sleep
● Eating except in designated area or drinking from uncovered containers

● Bathing, shaving or washing clothes
● Bringing in bulky items that take up excessive space
● Playing or wading in a library water feature
● Making loud or disturbing noises Skateboarding, skating, or using any similar recreational device
inside or outside the library
● Dispensing chemicals or noxious substances including, but not limited to, mace, pepper spray,
stink bombs and tear gas

• Customer Service Policy
• Internet Access and Wireless Use
• Borrowing Rules
• Request for Reconsideration of Library Resources Form
• Final Determinations Regarding Requests for Reconsideration

Download or view our Governance manual here.

• Employee Guidelines Manual

Download or view our Finance Policy here.