(A) Any person violating any provision of this chapter for which no specific penalty is prescribed shall be subject to § 10.99 of this code of ordinances.
(B) Except in cases where a different or additional penalty is imposed by §§ 96.01 to 96.06 or by some existing provision of law, every violation of any of the provisions of §§ 96.01 to 96.06 shall be punishable by a fine not exceeding $100 or by imprisonment for a period not exceeding 30 days or by both such fine and imprisonment.
(C) (1) Violation of lending privileges. Every person who shall take from the city public library any book, pamphlet, periodical, paper, painting, tape, film, or other property, except in accordance with the rules of such library, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not more than $100.
(2) Neglecting to return books and the like. Every person who shall take or borrow from the city public library any book, pamphlet, periodical, paper, painting, tape, film, or other property and neglect to return the same within two weeks from the date of mailing of third notice to his or her home address advising that the property has been overdue for a period of two or more weeks shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not more than $100.
(3) Defacing library property. Every person who shall intentionally cut, mutilate, mark, tear, write upon, deface, or otherwise destroy or injure in whole or in part any book, pamphlet, periodical, paper, painting, tape, film, or other property belonging to the city public library, or who shall knowingly suffer any such injury to be inflicted while such property is in his or her custody, or shall willfully or wantonly mark or deface or in any way injure the city public library or any part thereof, or any fixture therein or appertaining thereto, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not more than $100 provided, however, that neither the foregoing provisions nor their implementation shall be a bar to any action by the city public library for damages, restitution, or special remedies as against one who is in violation of said provisions.
(SDCL 9-19-3) (Prior Code, § 6-11-6) (Ord. 343, passed 11-6-1989)