Sidewalks

"CITY NAMES SILVERS DISABILITY RIGHTS COORDINATOR

Mayor Pam Iorio announced that the City of Tampa recently named Ross Silvers as its disability rights coordinator. Silvers fills a new position that will provide staff support to the Mayor's Alliance for Persons with Disabilities "Ross comes to us with an outstanding background as a disability rights advocate, most recently for the AARP in Washington, D.C.," said Fred Hearns, director of the Department of Community Affairs. Silvers's office is in the Free Library Building, 102 E. 7th Avenue. He will advise the public in reasonable accommodations and other disability related issues and coordinate an annual fund-raising event for the alliance. "

A reasonable accommodation for the disabled would be sidewalks that don't have cars parked on them. I have noticed several places in Seminole Heights where this occurred. Most notably this auto repair place just south of Loma Linda Motel. There are always vehicles on the sidewalk and on the city right of way.


Tommy notes in go use someone else’s sidewalks, some places sidewalks can't get built, as they might create a hazard! I wonder if the lack of a sidewalk is an ADA violation.