Dog Licences - City of Richmond, BC

Lost & Found Pets - City of Richmond, BC

Pet Adoption Service - City of Richmond, BC

Animal Regulations - City of Richmond, BC

Who to Call in Richmond in an Emergency - City of Richmond, BC

New Fire-Rescue Website - City of Richmond, BC

Heat Safety & Air Quality - City of Richmond, BC

City Maps & Richmond Interactive Map - City of Richmond, BC

Police/RCMP - City of Richmond, BC

Local Area Services Program - City of Richmond, BC

Lists (e.g., `<ul>` or `<ol>`) should only contain list items (`<li>`) as a direct descendant 
to ensure that screen readers can accurately report the amount of items contained in the list. 

## Example

In the following example, some screen readers would say this list has two items, instead of 
four: 

```html
<ul>
    <div class="some_class">
        <li>Example 1</li>
    </div>
    <div class="some_other_class">
        <li>Example 2</li>
        <li>Example 3</li>
        <li>Example 4</li>
    </div>
</ul>
```

To fix this, you would need to remove the `<div class="some_class">` and 
`<div class="some_other_class>` elements and ensure only `<li>` list items remain.

## Further reading

The [formal specification for the list element](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/ul)
shows what is and is not permitted inside an `<ul>` and `<ol>`.

See [Technique H88](https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20-TECHS/H88.html) for more information.

list-not-following-semantics

September 2025

August 2025

City of Richmond

Title / URL	Issues
Dog Licences - City of Richmond, BCwww.richmond.ca/services/animals/dogs.htm	4
Lost & Found Pets - City of Richmond, BCwww.richmond.ca/services/animals/lostfound.htm	4
Pet Adoption Service - City of Richmond, BCwww.richmond.ca/services/animals/adoption.htm	4
Animal Regulations - City of Richmond, BCwww.richmond.ca/services/animals/regulations.htm	4
Who to Call in Richmond in an Emergency - City of Richmond, BCwww.richmond.ca/services/public-safety/call.htm	4
New Fire-Rescue Website - City of Richmond, BCwww.richmond.ca/services/public-safety/RFR.htm	4
Heat Safety & Air Quality - City of Richmond, BCwww.richmond.ca/services/weather-response/heat.htm	4
City Maps & Richmond Interactive Map - City of Richmond, BCwww.richmond.ca/services/digital/maps.htm	4
Police/RCMP - City of Richmond, BCwww.richmond.ca/services/public-safety/police.htm	4
Local Area Services Program - City of Richmond, BCwww.richmond.ca/services/transportation/lasp.htm	4

Ensure lists are marked up correctly

City of Richmond

Where this issue has occurred