Public Toilet Strategy 2013 - City of Armadale

PART TWO
Part Two will describe the approach, aims, and methodology followed to draft a public toilet strategy for
the City of Armadale.
11 APPROACH
In order for the City of Armadale to “maintain and improve, where required, the quality, amenity and
accessibility of open spaces and to provide and maintain Council buildings, facilities and public amenities”
(2010-2014 Strategic Plan); the City should consider the provision of a sustainable network of well-located
public toilets that provide all users with a convenient, safe and positive experience.
The approach to deliver the most appropriate network of public toilets relies on strategic objectives that take
cognisance of current resources (refer to Part Three); prioritise certain spatial areas in the City of Armadale
(refer to Part Four) and benchmark best practice (refer to Appendix 1).
This Public Toilet Strategy responds to the challenges highlighted in this report by providing a series of
guidelines for the construction and maintenance of public toilets within the City, with the key aims of the
strategy outlined below.
12 AIM
The key aims of this report are to:
• Provide Council with a 15 year strategy for the upgrade, replacement or the possible removal of
existing public toilets that do not meet the relevant current standards – for inclusion in the Strategic
Community Plan and 15 year Financial Plan.
• Recommend and prioritise locations for the provision of new public toilet facilities within the City;
• Provide a framework for the ongoing management and upgrade of public toilets throughout the City;
and
• Provide design guidelines and criteria to establish standards for the provision of new and upgraded
amenities.
13 METHODOLOGY
The process to formulate the strategy included the following stages:
13.1 Step One: Inspection
Each toilet has been individually inspected and its location recorded. External photographs of the toilets
were taken in order to provide context (accessibility, location, design, signage); internal photographs were
taken (where possible) to aid further assessment in terms of the facilities availability (condition, appearance).
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