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Access committee backs staff work on city framework for mobility devices used by people with disabilities
Summary
The Access Advisory Committee unanimously directed staff to circulate and refine a draft 'OPDMD' (other power‑driven mobility devices) framework that clarifies how assistive devices outside standard wheelchairs will be treated under the ADA and by local enforcement.
Committee member Koons introduced a draft framework asking the city to develop a formal policy for other power‑driven mobility devices (OPDMDs) to clarify how staff should treat mobility technology that falls outside traditional wheelchair definitions.
Koons framed the proposal with federal ADA principles: "Under federal ADA regulations, OPDMDs are powered mobility devices used by people with mobility disabilities that fall outside of the traditional wheelchair definition," and said a policy would protect access for residents with mobility disabilities…
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