A. Definitions: For the purposes of this section:
PHYSICALLY DISABLED PERSON: Any person who has a physical impairment which severely and permanently restricts mobility of two (2) or more extremities, or who is so severely disabled as to be unable to move without the aid of a wheelchair, or who is blind or deaf.
SERVICE DOG: Any dog individually trained to the physically disabled person's requirements, or in training for such purpose.
SIGNAL DOG: A type of service dog and means any dog trained to alert a deaf person, or person whose hearing is impaired, to intruders or sounds, or which is in training for such purpose.
B. Service Dogs Permitted: Any blind, deaf, or physically disabled person who is a passenger on any common carrier, airplane, motor vehicle, railroad train, motorbus, streetcar, boat, or any other public conveyance or mode of transportation operating within the city or any dog trainer from a recognized training center when in the act of training guide, signal, or service dogs shall be entitled to have with him a guide, signal, or service dog specially trained or being trained for that purpose, without being required to pay an additional charge therefor.
C. Denying Entrance Unlawful: A blind, deaf, or physically disabled person and his guide, signal, or service dog or a dog trainer from a recognized training center in the act of training guide, signal, or service dogs shall not be denied admittance to or refused access to any of the following because of such dog: any street, highway, sidewalk, walkway, any common carrier, airplane, motor vehicle, railroad train, motorbus, streetcar, boat, or any other public conveyance or mode of transportation, hotel, motel, or other place of lodging, public building maintained by any unit or subdivision of government, building to which the general public is invited, college dormitory and other educational facility, restaurant or other place where food is offered for sale to the public, or any other place of public accommodation, amusement, convenience, or resort to which the general public or any classification of persons from the general public is regularly, normally, or customarily invited within the state of Oklahoma. Such blind, deaf, or physically disabled person or dog trainer from a recognized training center in the act of training guide, signal, or service dogs shall not be required to pay any additional charges for his guide, signal, or service dog, but shall be liable for any damage done to the premises by said dog. (Ord. 3533, 9-4-2012)