TITLE 64
THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT (ADA) POLICY

CHAPTER 1
MOBILITY DEVICE POLICY (See 28 CFR §35.137)

It is the policy of Salt Lake City Corporation (the “City”) to permit individuals with mobility disabilities to use wheelchairs and manually-powered mobility aids, such as walkers, crutches, canes, braces, or other similar devices designed for use by individuals with mobility disabilities in any areas open to pedestrian use.

The City will make reasonable modifications in its policies, practices, or procedures to permit the use of other power-driven mobility devices by individuals with mobility disabilities, unless the City determines that the class of other power-driven mobility devices cannot be operated in accordance with legitimate safety requirements adopted by the City. The City will ensure that its safety requirements are based on actual risks, not on mere speculation, stereotypes, or generalizations about individuals with disabilities.

In determining whether a particular other power-driven mobility device can be allowed in a specific facility, as a reasonable modification, the City may apply assessment factors including, but not limited to:

   i.   The type, size, weight, dimensions, and speed of the device;

   ii.   The facility's volume of pedestrian traffic (which may vary at different times of the day, week, month, or year);

   iii.   The facility's design and operational characteristics (e.g., whether its service, program, or activity is conducted indoors, its square footage, the density and placement of stationary devices, and the availability of storage for the device, if requested by the user);

   iv.   Whether legitimate safety requirements can be established to permit the safe operation of the other power-driven mobility device in the specific facility; and

   v.   Whether the use of the other power-driven mobility device creates a substantial risk of serious harm to the immediate environment or natural or cultural resources, or poses a conflict with federal land management laws and regulations.

City employees will not ask an individual using a wheelchair or other power-driven mobility device questions about the nature and extent of the individual's disability.

However, City employees may make inquiries into use of other power-driven mobility devices. City employees may ask a person using an other power-driven mobility device to provide a credible assurance that the mobility device is required because of the person's disability. The City, when permitting the use of an other power-driven mobility device by an individual with a mobility disability, will accept the presentation of a valid, State-issued, disability parking placard or card, or other State-issued proof of disability as a credible assurance that the use of the other power-driven mobility device is for the individual's mobility disability. In lieu of a valid, State-issued disability parking placard or card, or State-issued proof of disability, the City will accept as a credible assurance a verbal representation, not contradicted by observable fact, that the other power-driven mobility device is being used for a mobility disability. A “valid” disability placard or card is one that is presented by the individual to whom it was issued and is otherwise in compliance with the state of issuance’s requirements for disability placards or cards.