[nagdu] City Ordinances in regards to dog waste

[Steven Johnson]

Hi Julie,

My first thought, is that we are talking the general public here versus
one's own property, right?  I would first like to see such ordinance
exemptions and what it provides and the actual language it holds as most
ordinances will have some level of process to exclude or exempt such
individuals, and when it comes to dog waste, a sanitary issue, it would be a
surprise to me to allow anyone, disabled or not, to leave it sitting.  I am
sure one could request a modification of policy and practice as this would
essentially be the process under state and local governments, but it would
also set a slippery slope precedence that would essentially make the
ordinance ineffective.  It's like snow shoveling, we are all required to do
it and if we are unable, we need to make arrangements to remove the
snow...this is what an ordinance will provide.  Because one has a disability
should by no means exempt them from having to abide by what everyone else
has to.

Steve


-----Original Message-----
From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
Of Julie J.
Sent: Saturday, June 23, 2012 5:24 PM
To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Picking up the busy busy when you've parked your dog.
lol

Steve,

Could a person request a reasonable accommodation from the city of not
picking up after their service dog if they were physically unable to, say
from some sort of orthopedic disability?
If a reasonable accommodation could be requested like this, I think it would
completely negate city ordinances that involve broad groups of people who
may or may not actually need the exemption.

Julie



On 6/23/2012 5:18 PM, Steven Johnson wrote:
> Wow, never heard of such an ordinance.  I would look at this as 
> reverse discrimination.  The only way I would ever see a municipal 
> authority in exempting is if and only if, they had a clause that 
> provided that they have an alternative means of collecting the waste.  
> i.e. another person, reacher, doggie pick up business.
>
> Steve
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On 
> Behalf Of Dailyah Patt
> Sent: Saturday, June 23, 2012 3:20 PM
> To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Picking up the busy busy when you've parked your dog.
> lol
>
> I think it's probably worth noting that folks should check out their 
> city municipal code.  A great many cities have exemptions on the books 
> for folks who are blind or otherwise so physically impaired that 
> picking up is difficult to impossible.  I am one of those who usually 
> can't do the baggie thing, so I just make sure my dog is WAY off in 
> the boonies where the odds of something stepping in it go down 
> (bushes, tall grass, outskirt of parking lot).  If I have someone with 
> me, often that person can and will scoop for me - but I wanted to make
sure that folks are aware of these exemptions.
>   While it'd be nice if we all could scoop, that's just not reality 
> and so thankfully many cities exempt disabled persons.
>
> Dailyah
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