Hotel or Motel Service Dogs Welcome Cleaning Fee Policy ADA Sign

Service Dogs Welcome ADA Guide Sign for Hotels and Motels with Cleaning Policy

The Americans with Disabilities law allows service dogs entry to all public access hotels and motels. This sign is used to welcome guests using service dogs while presenting the legal cleaning fee policy. This sign is used extensively throughout California and in many other states.

Wording on Hotel or Motel Service Dogs Welcome Sign:

SERVICE DOGS WELCOME
(image of person in wheelchair with service dog)
No cleaning fee or other deposit
shall be required of such guest
or customer due to that guest's
or customer's use of a service
animal unless the fee is
authorized by statute.

Service Dogs Welcome ADA Guide Sign for Hotels and Motels

• ADA compliant non-glare matte finish
• Subsurface printed sign (text and images printed on the backside of 1/8" thick acrylic) makes for a long-lasting scratch and tamper resistant sign
• Service Dogs Welcome signs do not require Braille

Note: As of March 15, 2011, only dogs are recognized as service animals under titles II and III of the ADA. A service animal is a dog that is individually trained to do work or perform tasks for a person with a disability.

Source: https://www.ada.gov/service_animals_2010.htm: Some State and local laws also define service animal more broadly than the ADA does. Information about such laws can be obtained from the State attorney general's office.

Where are Service Animals Allowed? Under the ADA, State and local governments, businesses, and nonprofit organizations that serve the public generally must allow service animals to accompany people with disabilities in all areas of the facility where the public is normally allowed to go. For example, in a hospital it would be inappropriate to exclude a service animal from areas such as patient rooms, clinics, cafeterias, or examination rooms. However, it may be appropriate to exclude a service animal from operating rooms or burn units where the animal's presence may compromise a sterile environment.

Service Animals Must Be Under Control Under the ADA, service animals must be harnessed, leashed, or tethered, unless these devices interfere with the service animal's work or the individual's disability prevents using these devices. In that case, the individual must maintain control of the animal through voice, signal, or other effective controls.