Prohibited acts in public services.
Saint Paul Legislative Code § 183.08
in effectSec. 183.08. - Prohibited acts in public services.
It is an unfair discriminatory practice:
(1) To discriminate against any person in the access to, admission to, impartial and equal administration of, full utilization of or benefit from any public service or to fail to ensure physical and program access for disabled persons unless the public service can demonstrate that providing the access would impose an undue hardship on its operation. In determining whether providing physical and program access would impose an undue hardship, factors to be considered include:
a. The type and purpose of the public service's operation;
b. The nature and cost of the needed accommodation;
c. Documented good faith efforts to explore less restrictive or less expensive alternatives; and
d. The extent of consultation with knowledgeable disabled persons and organizations.
(2) For public transit services to discriminate in the access to, full utilization of, or benefit from service because of a person's disability. Public transit services may use any of a variety of methods to provide transportation for disabled people; provided, that persons who are disabled are offered transportation that, in relation to the transportation offered nondisabled persons, is:
a. In a similar geographic area of operation. To the extent that the transportation provided disabled people is not provided in the same geographic area of operation as that provided nondisabled people, priority must be given to those areas which contain the largest percent of disabled riders. A public transit service may not fail to provide transportation to disabled persons in a geographic area for which it provides service to nondisabled persons if doing so will exclude a sizeable portion of the disabled ridership;
b. During similar hours of operation;
c. For comparable fares;
d. With similar or no restrictions to trip purpose; and
e. With reasonable response time.
(Ord. No. 17585, § 12, 8-30-88; Ord. No. 17744, § 10, 6-26-90; Ord. No. 17930, § 11, 6-11-92)
Source: City of Saint Paul, Minnesota, City Charter, Legislative Code and Administrative Code (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/mn/st._paul/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=PTIILECO_TITXVIIIHURI_CH183HURI_S183.08PRACPUSEFetched: 11/1/2026