PET POLICY:

ALL ANIMALS must be disclosed prior to booking.

PETS

No cats or dogs over 140 lbs. No exotic pets over 70 lbs. Be advised that a $75 per pet deposit is required. There will be a $250 fine per undisclosed pet and you will be asked to leave the property immediately.

 

Service Animals & Emotional Support/Assistance Animals

No pet deposit for SERVICE ANIMALS or EMOTIONAL SUPPORT/ASSISTANCE ANIMALS.

For service animals that will be present on the property answer the following questions.

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

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

 

For emotional support/assistance animals that will be present on the property provide the following.

 

From a qualified professional documentation indicating the benefit that the assistance animal provides.

 

There is no pet deposit for service animals because as regulations state in the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) for title II (State and local government services) and title III (public accommodations and commercial facilities) in the Federal Register. Service animals are working animals, not pets.

“Service animals are defined as dogs that are individually trained to do work or perform tasks for people with disabilities. Examples of such work or tasks include guiding people who are blind, alerting people who are deaf, pulling a wheelchair, alerting and protecting a person who is having a seizure, reminding a person with mental illness to take prescribed medications, calming a person with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) during an anxiety attack, or performing other duties. Service animals are working animals, not pets.”

Summary of Texas Disability Law – Service Animals guidance states.

“Comfort or emotional support animal is not trained. Comfort animals do not have rights under the ADA.

Under the FHA(Fair Housing Act) a property owner may request proof of the need for the assistance animal from a qualified professional or person in the position to know if the need for the assistance animal is not obvious. In addition, the documentation should indicate the benefit that the assistance animal provides. This documentation cannot be requested when the disability and need for the assistance is readily apparent.

A person with a disability who uses an assistance animal is liable for any damages done to the premises or facilities by the animal”.

The full ADA requirements on Service animals can be found at https://www.ada.gov/resources/service-animals-2010-requirements/

The full summery of Texas Disability Law – Service Animals can be found at https://gov.texas.gov/organization/disabilities/assistance_animals