The purpose of the District of West Vancouver’s Draft Accessibility Plan is to provide actions that identify, remove, and prevent barriers to individuals in or interacting with the District. The draft will be presented to Council for endorsement at an upcoming meeting.
These actions outline how the District of West Vancouver, the West Vancouver Memorial Library, and the West Vancouver Police Department (the District) will further its efforts to make its workplaces, services, and built environment accessible and welcoming to people of all abilities.
This Accessibility Plan enables the District to meet the requirements of the Accessible British Columbia Act (ABCA), which came into force for British Columbia municipalities on September 1, 2022.
The Accessibility Plan provides awareness and education on accessibility. The actions provide a formal strategy to advance accessibility throughout West Vancouver proactively.
This is the District’s first Accessibility Plan covering the next three years (2023 – 2026). As a living document, it recognizes accessibility as ongoing and iterative. It requires continuous adaptation, and to be updated at least every three years to reflect progress, evolving community needs, and future legislative requirements (such as the pending release of provincial accessibility standards).