Do you use a service animal? Read our policy to understand your rights.
Service Animals
Service animals and service animal trainees are allowed in our Libraries' spaces. No other animals are admitted.
The library may exclude a service animal from the facility if its behavior poses a direct threat to the health or safety of others or creates a disruption to activities going on around it.
Definition of a Service Animal
Service animals are animals that are individually trained to perform tasks for people with disabilities, such as:
- guiding people who are blind
- alerting people who are deaf
- pulling wheelchairs
- alerting and protecting a person who is having a seizure
- or performing other special tasks.
Service animals are working animals, not pets.
If they meet this definition, animals are considered service animals under the Americans with Disabilities Act, or ADA, regardless of whether they have been licensed or certified by a state or local government.