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Accessibility for Public Hearings

Hearing Room Location

The Permit Sonoma Hearing Room is located at:

2550 Ventura Avenue
Santa Rosa, CA 95403

38.465225, -122.723293

The hearing room is wheelchair accessible from the main Permit Sonoma entrance. The room is equipped with an Oticon loop/wand system for the hearing impaired, adjustable/moveable microphone, and space for wheelchair access.

Available Services

Some services include:

  • American sign language interpreter or use of the Oticon loop/wand system.
  • Large print agendas or minutes in alternative formats are available.

Requests for accessibility services must be made 72 hours in advance of the hearing to:

Contact: Melody Richitelli, Administrative Aide
Email: PermitSonoma-PublicHearingsAccess@sonoma-county.org
Phone: (707) 565-1925
Fax: (707) 565-1103
CA Relay Service: 711

Web Accessibility

The County of Sonoma is committed to improving access to County programs and services and to providing accommodation to individuals with disabilities as required under state and federal law, including the Americans with Disabilities Act. The County of Sonoma uses the Section 508 standards and WCAG 2.1, Level AA as guidelines for pages within our website.

We routinely test our website using Wave, a web accessibility evaluation tool provided by WebAIM, and audit compliance with SiteImprove's ADA compliance checker. The County is actively engaged in the ongoing process of training our content editors and updating our website for compliance with the current accessibility standards.

If you have a disability and the format of any material on our website interferes with your ability to access information on this site:

Contact: Permit Sonoma DIS IT
Email: PRMD-Web@sonoma-county.org
Phone: (707) 565-1900
CA Relay Service: 711

To enable us to respond in a manner that will be of most help to you, please indicate:

  • The nature of the accessibility need
  • Your preferred format (electronic format, large print, etc.)
  • The web address of the requested material
  • Your full contact information, so we can reach you if questions arise while fulfilling your request