Common use of DISABILITIES ACT; COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS Clause in Contracts

DISABILITIES ACT; COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS. A. Compliance by the Hotel. The Hotel is responsible for complying with the public accommodations requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”) not otherwise allocated to FIU in this Agreement, including: (i) the “readily achievable” removal of physical barriers to access to the meeting rooms (e.g., speakers’ platform and public address systems), sleeping rooms, common areas (e.g., restaurants, rest rooms, and public telephones); (ii) the provision of auxiliary aids and services where necessary to ensure that no disabled individual is treated differently by the Hotel other than other individuals (e.g., Braille room services menus or reader); and (iii) the modification of the Hotel’s policies, practices, and procedures applicable to all guests and/or groups as necessary to provide goods and services to disabled individuals (e.g. emergency procedures and policy of holding accessible rooms for hearing and mobility impaired open for disabled individuals until all remaining rooms are occupied).