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<div class="moz-cite-prefix"><font face="Verdana">We don't have
anything regarding fragrances, but we do have a line in our Code
of Conduct about personal hygiene</font>:<br>
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<blockquote>"While on library properties, you may not ... Disturb
other library patrons or staff through extremely poor personal
hygiene."<br>
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Fortunately, I've never had to enforce the policy in Hood River,
but there was one instance at North Bend where we had to eject
somebody because she smelled so much of cat urine that nobody
could be around here, or even use a chair after she'd been in it.
Gary and I felt kind of horrible about having to do it, as these
issues often go hand-in-hand with poverty, but she was really
disrupting others' use of the library.<br>
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Our full Code of Conduct is here:<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.hoodriverlibrary.org/files/policies/Code%20of%20conduct.pdf">http://www.hoodriverlibrary.org/files/policies/Code%20of%20conduct.pdf</a><br>
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It seems like there may be dragons in the "fragrance free zone"
thing, though. Senses of smell are so subjective. It seems like
you'd have to word it in such a way to as to capture AXE guy and
not, say, a guy who wears a type of cologne that some people
happen find distasteful.<br>
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Cheers!<br>
Buzzy<br>
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541-387-7062<br>
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On 01/05/2015 02:05 PM, Ted Smith wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Do any of you have a policy I can use that
covers 1) horrible (to say the least) body odor and 2) the
library as a fragrance free zone. Please don’t tell me we
can’t ban/bar/exclude patrons from our libraries because of
excessive body odor (see attached link). I’m just wondering
if any libraries have policies, or any cities have codified an
ordinance that covers this issue. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Are any of your libraries fragrance free?
Policies? <o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">As a side note: I talked to this patron and
he “solved” the problem by dousing himself with AXE cologne.
I have one of the strongest stomachs known to mankind. This
guy could gag a corpse. Patrons are complaining, staff are in
a quandary as to how to proceed. Yes, he has an apartment
with a working shower – I know because I offered to purchase
passes to our rec center so he could shower. He told me he
didn’t need them. I’m open to ideas.
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