Minneapolis Code of Ordinances Title 7 (Civil Rights) § 139.40.

Citation: Minneapolis Code of Ordinances Title 7 (Civil Rights) § 139.40.
Jurisdiction: Minneapolis (municipal)
Source: Official source
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To deny any person with a disability the full and equal enjoyment of public transportation
services provided by a private entity that is primarily engaged in the business of
transporting people and whose operations affect commerce by any of the following:

a.

The imposition or application of eligibility criteria that screen out, or tend to
screen out, a person with a disability or a class of persons with disabilities from
fully enjoying the specified public transportation services provided by the entity,
unless the criteria can be shown to be necessary for the provision of the services
being offered.

b.

The failure to make reasonable modifications, provide auxiliary aids and services,
and remove barriers, consistent with subsections 139.40(i)(12) through 139.40(i)(15).

c.

The purchase or lease of a new vehicle, other than an automobile or van with a seating
capacity of fewer than eight (8) passengers, including the driver, or an over-the-road
bus, that is to be used to provide specified public transportation that is not readily
accessible to and usable by individuals with disabilities, including individuals who
use wheelchairs, except that a new vehicle need not be readily accessible to and usable
by individuals with disabilities if the vehicle is to be used solely in a demand responsive
system and if the private entity can demonstrate that the system, when viewed in its
entirety, provides a level of services to individuals with disabilities equivalent
to the level of service provided to the general public.

d.