[nagdu] Picking up the busy busy when you've parked your dog. lol

[Julie J.]

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
>
>
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> 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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