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Guest and Tenant Assistance Animal Policy

Policy Statement:

Crescent Bar Condominium Master Association (“CBCMA”) does not allow Guests or Tenants to have pets on property. While CBCMA takes no position as to whether the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Fair Housing Act, and the Washington Law Against Discrimination apply to CBCMA because it is a private club and establishment, CBCMA nonetheless recognizes that Service animals are not the same thing as pets, and adopts the following Service Animal Policy:

1.Service animals are:

 Dogs:     

    Any breed and any size of dog      

    Trained to perform a task directly related to a person’s disability


2. Crescent Bar members/owners who have Guests or Tenants on the property are generally required to accept service animals, and should allow the person with a disability and their service animal in all areas where persons are normally
allowed to go.

    a. If Crescent Bar members/owners are uncertain whether the person seeking accommodation has a disability and/or a disability-related need for a service animal, the Americans with Disabilities Act permits that Crescent Bar members/owners may ask:
    

         i. Is the dog a service animal required because of a disability?          

         ii. What work or task has the dog been trained to perform?


          iii. If the person is not disabled or the animal is not providing disability-related assistance, the request for reasonable                    accommodation of the assistance animal may be denied.

    b. Crescent Bar members/owners should not:

          i. Ask for documentation of the disability or the disability-related need for a service animal;

         ii. Ask for access to medical records or medical providers or to provide detailed or extensive information or       documentation;

         iii.  Request any documentation that the dog is registered, licensed, or certified as a service animal  

         iv.  Require that the dog demonstrate its task, or inquire about the nature of the person’s disability

         v. Unreasonably deny a request for reasonable accommodation of the service animal;

         vi. Unreasonably delay in responding to a request for reasonable accommodation of the service animal;

         vii. Require pet fees or deposits for service animals; and,

         viii. Limit service animals based on breed, weight or size.

    c. Crescent Bar members/owners may ask a guest or tenant to remove a service animal if:

        i.  the dog is out of control and the handler does not take effective action to control it.  A service animal must be under the control of its handler. Under the ADA, service animals must be harnessed, leashed, or tethered, unless the                 individual’s disability prevents using these devices or these devices interfere with the service animal’s safe, effective performance of tasks. In that case, the individual must maintain control of the animal through voice, signal, or other                 effective controls.

        ii. the dog is not housebroken.

3. Service animals are not pets. Therefore, no pet deposit for such animals will be allowed.

4. Crescent Bar members/owners may retain some or all of a guest or tenant’s security deposit to compensate for damage beyond normal wear and tear caused by the guest or tenant and their service animal should it occur.