what to do when ADA laws are broken

[jaceten]

What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Iowa
there is a grocery store that keeps blocking their sidewalk on the way to the entrance. the sidewalk is connected to the street sidewalk but as you get close to entrance they are blocking it with tables to sell BBQ food they are grilling. Americans with Disability Act III clearly states places open to the public cannot block the way to the entrances.
my repeated email and phone calls have done nothing to stop them from doing it again the next day.
i'm legally blind and need help.
this store is only 2 years old.
also they did not finish a part of a sidewalk and put crosswalk ramps in the wrong areas.
i do not know what to do. Lawyer? Local Newspaper? TV news station?
any info or thoughts please.

 

[You Are Guilty]

Department of Justice.

http://www.ada.gov/t3compfm.htm

If you feel you or another person have been discriminated against by an entity covered by title III, send a letter to the Department of Justice, at the address below, including the following information:

- Your full name, address, and telephone number, and the name of the party discriminated against;

- The name of the business, organization, or institution that you believe has discriminated;

- A description of the act or acts of discrimination, the date or dates of the discriminatory acts, and the name or names of the individuals who you believe discriminated; and

- Other information that you believe necessary to support your complaint. Please send copies of relevant documents. Do not send original documents. (Retain them.)


Sign and send the letter to the address below:

U.S. Department of Justice
950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Civil Rights Division
Disability Rights - NYAVE
Washington, D.C. 20530

 

[cyjeff]

I would also notify the company's corporate office. A headquarters will take a much more pragmatic view of such actions than, perhaps, a store would.