Chapter 2.48
LIBRARY DEPARTMENT*

Sections:

2.48.010    Facilities—Use license authorized.

2.48.020    License—Purpose.

2.48.030    License—Form and contents.

*    For statutory authority for code cities to establish and maintain public libraries, see RCW 35A.27.110; for authority to use property for the common benefit, see RCW 35A.11.010.

2.48.010 Facilities—Use license authorized.

The city clerk is empowered to issue a nonexclusive, revocable license to use the basement of the present city library or a meeting room of a city library hereafter constructed, of the city, to governmental, charitable, civil, and public or quasi-public interest agencies, organizations, or groups of persons. (Ord. 828 § 1, 1971).

2.48.020 License—Purpose.

Licenses issued by the city clerk pursuant to Section 2.48.010 hereof are declared to be for the common benefit, as stated in RCW 35A.11.010 (Ord. 828 § 2, 1971).

2.48.030 License—Form and contents.

A permit issued by the city clerk shall be substantially in the following form:

“LICENSE TO USE CITY

LIBRARY PREMISES

_____________ may use the basement of the City Library of the City of Prosser between the hours of 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. Monday through Friday of each week, for a period of , or until this license may be canceled prior to the expiration of said period, for the purpose of

This license shall be nontransferable.

The city of Prosser reserves the right to cancel this license at any time, upon giving twenty-four (24) hours’ notice thereof to Licensee or any person representing the Licensee in the said premises.

This license is not to be exclusive.

Licensee shall promptly pay to City of Prosser its proportionate share of the following used in the City library building: janitorial, electricity, water, sewer service, heating, and repairs and upkeep; as billed to Licensee by the City Clerk.

In its use of the premises, the Licensee shall not damage or deface the premises, and shall not drive any screws or nails. Licensee shall not erect any interior partitions, nor make any alterations of the premises, unless permission from the City Council is first obtained in writing on this license.

Licensee shall not place or erect any outside exhibits or displays of any kind.

Licensee shall obtain approval and consent of all its uses and purposes from any regulatory agency pertaining and applicable, and shall conform to and abide by all rules, regulations, ordinances, statutes and laws.

The activities of Licensee at all times shall be organized and under the supervision of Licensee, and Licensee shall be solely responsible for any persons using or coming on or about the premises the same as if such person or persons were thereon by consent of Licensee as a part of its organized activities.

Licensee acknowledges that he enters upon the operation of this license having examined the premises, and from its own examination of the premises, and with full knowledge of the dangerous condition of said property. Licensee does hereby release and discharge City of Prosser, its officers and employees, from all liability to Licensee, his employer or superior agency, his agents, employees, assigns, and representatives, and his patrons, invitees, or other persons, coming on or about the premises or using the premises in connection with Licensee or its activities, for all loss or damage, and any claim or demand therefor, on account of injury or other casualty to the person or property of or in the possession or control of the undersigned caused, whether negligently or otherwise, by City of Prosser, its officers, agents, employees, licensees, or any of them, or by the conditions of any premises, while the Licensee or such property is in or upon City of Prosser premises or property.

Licensee covenants and agrees to at all times protect and save harmless the City of Prosser from all claims and from all costs and from all liabilities of every kind and description which may accrue to or be suffered on account of injury or other casualty to the person or property of or in the possession or control of Licensee, caused, whether negligently or otherwise, by said City of Prosser, its officers, agents, employees, licensees, or any of them, or by the condition of any premises of City of Prosser, and Licensee shall defend the same at its sole cost and expense, and in case judgment shall be rendered against said city in any such suit or action, said Licensee shall fully satisfy such judgement within ninety (90) days after such action or suit shall have been finally determined.

This license, and all provisions thereof, shall be in full force and effect on the first day of use or occupancy of the library building of the City of Prosser by Licensee if prior to the date hereof.

This license is subject to the primary use by the City of Prosser of the City library building.

SIGNED AND DATED BY LICENSEE THIS DAY OF _____ 19__

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LICENSEE

The foregoing license was signed by the Licensee and was issued to the Licensee on the day of 19__

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CITY CLERK -

CITY OF PROSSER”

(Ord. 828 § 3, 1971).