TDC bathrooms at Grayton Beach???

[BeachSiO2]

Actually SJ, here is the TDC's access map and it doesn't show restrooms at Grayton.

http://www.protectwaltoncountybeaches.com/BSWAccessMap062007.pdf

Good idea about the port-o-johns at Inlet but I think the ADA classification is there due to the actual dune walkover, not the port-o-john. All of the "constructed restrooms" do meet ADA requirements, and there are representatives of the County's ADA committee that participate/have participated in the Beach Management Committee of the TDC. As for restrooms at Inlet, they are in the survey, design and engineering phase this year with construction next year. The TDC constructed two other facilities at Van Ness Butler and Blue Mountain this budget year in addition to other capital expenditures.

Just so you know, they couldn't use the "sign money" for the restrooms. There are statutory requirements for each penny collected and the second cent goes to beach maintenance and improvements and the 4th cent goes to the signs, art, nature and cultural tourism, product development, life guards, etc. I am not sure of the complete detail of the 4th cent though.

 

[Rita]

Money would be better spent on proper restroom facilities than UGLY blue signs!!!! :angry: I would rather use the sand and a blanket around me than a port-a-john!

I still say that the big blue signs could be converted into nice big metal toilets.

So, how many big blue signs is that? Two, three, four, five?

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[Smiling JOe]

For a moment, let's set aside the ADA requirement being met for the walkover. A person with a physical handicap, rents a place near Inlet Beach, based on there being ample parking and handicapped accessible. They get to the beach in their wheelchair, and now they have to go #2. What are they supposed to do? Drive to Buddy's? If the TDC wants to say that an access is handicapped accessible, I really think everything about that access needs to be handicapped accessible. It's just common sense. Put yourself in the wheelchair of the handicapped person.

As for the map above, which was posted on the front page of last week's Walton Sun, do they just make up their legends and maps, or do they get their map from the TDC? I don't understand why they would need to create their own map if the TDC already has one.

Glad to hear that more restrooms are being planned for our public accesses to the beach.

 

[Smiling JOe]

I just looked at the official TDC map, linked above, and notice that while it doesn't list restrooms at Grayton, it does list handicapped access, restrooms, etc, at the Inlet Beach Access. Again, if you provide restrooms for the public, are they not required to be handicapped accessible?

 

[ameliaj]

The porta potty at Deer Lake State Park is no ordinary stinky potty - it is a Clivus odorless, solar-powered, waterless composting toilet.
http://www.clivusmultrum.com/

It really is odorless. Topsail has one of these too, at the end of the road from the old entrance on Hwy 98.

At Deer Lake, there is a designated handicapped parking place and a little boardwalk up to the potty, which is oversized. I believe it is handicap accessible - the state parks are usually good about complying. Might be a little awkward to negotiate the door though.

The Clivus is pricey but I bet the TDC still could have bought quite a few with the money they spent on the big blue signs.
The best thing about them is no sewer hookup is necessary, no electricity is necessary and no water is necessary, although it would be nice to have a shower and a spigot for handwashing. Not essential, though.

NDY,
I like the idea of the composting potty, but trust me, that thing is not odorless. Went in there last Friday and . It is fairly handicapped accessible, however, the Deer Lake walkover is obviously not handicapped accessible to the beach.

Inlet beach HA walkover is great, there is just not an HA restroom.

Weigh it out. HA potty - no beach access. Beach access - no potty.

 

[Smiling JOe]

I wonder if a person with a handicap could get arrested for pooping on the handicapped access? That might get someone's attention at the TDC.

 

[Matt J]

I wonder if a person with a handicap could get arrested for pooping on the handicapped access? That might get someone's attention at the TDC.

I'm pretty sure that would fall under public nudity. As was stated above the bathrooms are in the design and planning phase and should be built next year. Rome wasn't built in a day.

 

[NotDeadYet]

NDY,
I like the idea of the composting potty, but trust me, that thing is not odorless. Went in there last Friday and .

It's been odorless everytime I have been in there, but it has been a while. Maybe something is not working right?

 

[NotDeadYet]

just looked at the official TDC map, linked above, and notice that while it doesn't list restrooms at Grayton, it does list handicapped access, restrooms, etc, at the Inlet Beach Access. Again, if you provide restrooms for the public, are they not required to be handicapped accessible?

I don't know the answer to this. It should be in the ADA rules, which I understand are complicated. Maybe there is an exception for temporary toilets. But that missing common sense you referred to above might suggest that until the permanent facilites are built, a handicapped accessible porta potty could be provided, do you think?

 

[ameliaj]

It's been odorless everytime I have been in there, but it has been a while. Maybe something is not working right?

Could be, or perhaps the problem wasn't the toilet itself, but possibly cleanliness of the building.
I've probably said enough on this topic. TMI