Website Accessibility Policy
Notice
Under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
The City of Durham will not discriminate against
qualified individuals on the basis of disability in the
City's services, programs, or activities. The City will generally, upon
request, provide appropriate aids and services leading to effective
communication for qualified persons with disabilities so they can participate in the City's programs, services, and activities, The City will make
all reasonable modifications to policies and programs to ensure that people
with disabilities have an equal opportunity to enjoy all City programs,
services, and activities. Anyone who requires an auxiliary aid or service for
effective communications, or a modification of policies or procedures to
participate in the City program, service, or activity, should contact the
office of Stacey Poston, ADA coordinator, Voice: (919) 560-4197, ext. 21254,
TTY: (919) 560-1200; ADA@durhamnc.gov,
as soon as possible but no later than 48 hours before the scheduled event.
Website
Accessibility Policy
The City of Durham, North Carolina is committed to
providing access to our website for individuals with disabilities. We recognize
the importance of making our website accessible by everyone, regardless of
their level of ability or disability.
Individuals with disabilities seeking information or services from the City have access to and use of
information and data comparable to the access and use provided to the general
public, unless an undue burden would be imposed. Upon request, all
information contained on this site can be made available in an alternative
format, or arrangements can be made by City staff to meet the needs of
individuals with disabilities.
Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act Amendments
of 1998 requires that all sites of federal government agencies, and any state
and local government agencies receiving federal funding comply. The City of
Durham is in compliance with Section 508 guidelines as they affect
the operation of this website.
American
Disabilities Act (ADA) City of Durham Compliance
The General Services Department ensures that the City
of Durham is in compliance with Title II of the ADA (Americans with
Disabilities Act). The department's goal is to improve access to local
government programs and facilities for persons with disabilities.
The City of Durham will not discriminate against
qualified individuals with disabilities on the basis of disability in the
City's services, programs, activities or facilities.
Employment
The City does not discriminate on the basis of
disability in its hiring or employment practices and complies with all
regulations promulgated by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
under Title I of the American with Disabilities Act. (ADA)
Effective
Communication
The City will generally, upon request, provide
appropriate aids and services leading to effective communication for qualified
persons with disabilities so they can participate equally in the City's programs,
services, and activities, including sign language, interpreters, documents in
Braille and other ways of making information and communications accessible to
people who have speech, hearing and/or vision impairments.
Modification to Policies and Procedures:
The City will make all reasonable modifications to
policies and programs to ensure that people with disabilities have an equal
opportunity to enjoy all City programs, services, and activities.
Facilities:
The City will make all reasonable modifications to City
facilities to ensure that people with disabilities have an equal opportunity to
enjoy all City programs, services, and activities.
The ADA does not require the City to take any action
that would fundamentally alter the nature of its programs, services or impose
an undue financial or administrative burden.
The City will not place a surcharge on a particular
individual with a disability or any group of individuals to cover the cost of
providing auxiliary aids/services or reasonable modifications of policies, such
as retrieving items from locations that are open to the public but are not
accessible to persons who use wheelchairs.
Anyone who requires an auxiliary aid or service for
effective communication, or modifications to policies, procedures or City
facilities should contact: Stacey Poston, ADA coordinator, Voice: (919)
560-4197, ext. 21254, TTY: (919) 560-1200; ADA@durhamnc.gov.
ADA Grievance Procedure
ADA Grievance Procedure (en español)
ADA Notice
ADA Notice- (en español)