Who can qualify for ADA paratransit service

A. Any person desiring a certification to use the ADA paratransit service shall first file an application on forms furnished by the department or the department's ADA paratransit service system operator. B. An applicant must be certified by the director or the director's designee to be paratransit eligible in accordance with the ADA and 49 CFR section 37.123, as amended, to use the ADA paratransit service. C. The following persons are ADA paratransit eligible: 1. Any person with a disability who is unable, as a result of a physical or mental impairment and without the assistance of another person, to board or disembark from any fixed route bus which is otherwise readily accessible; 2. Any person using a wheelchair if the person's wheelchair cannot be accommodated on a fixed route bus which is otherwise readily accessible to other persons with disabilities and their wheelchairs; 3. Any person with a disability who has a specific impairment-related condition that prevents such person from traveling to and from County bus stops; or 4. Any person who has been certified by a medical physician that the person has a physical or mental disability that precludes the person from using a fixed route bus. D. Architectural or environmental barriers not under the control of the department shall not serve as a basis for eligibility under this section. Interference by such barriers with a person's specific impairment-related condition may form a basis for eligibility if the result is to prevent the person from traveling to and from County bus stops. ( Ord. No. 4940 , § 7, 2018; Ord. No. 3628, § 1, 2009)