Beach Minimum Standards (revised 2015)
Area
Management and Staffing
Infrastructure Management
Public Toilets
Sand Management
Boardwalks
Fencing
Dune Management
Signage
Indicator
PFO in place
Area Manager in place
Support staff in place
Frequency
Permanently
Ad hoc
Permanently
Beach management infratructure and facilities
Permanently
Beaches Functional Group meetings
Buildings maintained
Play parks maintained
Tidal pools maintained
Boat launch sites maintained
Parking areas clean and maintained
Grassed areas clean and maintained
Adherence to Public Ablutions Minimum Standards
Remove wind blown sand from paved areas
Remove wind blown sand from buildings and structures
Remove wind blown sand from recreational amenities
Repair damaged boardwalks
Re-expose sand-covered boardwalks
Ensure railings are fixed and stable
Monthly
Regularly
Regularly
Regularly
Regularly
Daily
Daily
Visual Evidence
Official in place
Official in place
Official in place
Management, functionality,
cleanliness and availability of e.g.
office, fax, telephone etc.
Recorded minutes and attendance
registers
Well maintained buildings
Well maintained play parks
Well maintained tidal pools
Well maintained boat launch sites
Well maintained parking areas
Well maintained grassed areas
As and when required
As and when required
As and when required
When necessary
Monthly
Daily
Exposed paved areas
Sand-free surfaces
Sand-free surfaces
Well maintained boardwalks
Clearly visible walkways
Well maintained and safe railings
Boardwalks and railings are maintained
Repair damage to fencing and conduct routine
maintenance
Implement dune rehabilitation (brush wood, sand bags
etc.) with Maintenance Management Plan
Monitor and maintain dune rehabilitation material (brush
wood, sand bags etc.)
Close off non-designated pathways
Remove exposed irrigation pipes
Remove litter on dunes
Ensure restriction of access to stable and sensitive dune
systems
Replace damaged signs
Signs appropriately positioned (views not obstructed)
Daily
Painted / varnished / well
maintained railings and boardwalks
Monthly
Well maintained fencing
When necessary
Well managed dunes
Monthly
When necessary
As and when required
Weekly
Well managed dunes
Well managed dunes
Well managed dunes
Well managed dunes
Continually
As and when required
As and when required
Well managed dunes
Well maintained signs
Well positioned signs
Kelp Removal
Vegetation
Remove graffiti
Ensure signage displays up to date information
Install environmentally informative signage
Ensure kelp is managed according to Coastal Cleansing
Protocol as sensitively as possible
Protection of indigenous vegetation
Watering of cultivated vegetation
As and when required
Continually
As and when required
Graffiti-free signs
Good quality signage
Educational signs in place
Monthly
Continually
Every second week
during summer only
Clean beach areas
Biodiversity index.
Trim vegetation encroaching on walkways (branches only) Two months
Marine Birds and Mammals
Water Quality
Ensure removal of alien vegetation (in consultation with
ERMD)
Monitor beach for stranded and dead animals
Ensure removal of carcasses by Solid Waste
Ensure rescuing of live stranded animals
Keep record of stranded animals
Ensure regular testing of sea water
Ensure regular testing of tidal pool water
Well maintained gardens
Well maintained landscape
Visible increase in biodiversity over
time. Transects / plots of fixed point
photographs where available
When necessary
Daily
As and when required
Physical Record
As and when required
Physical Record
As and when required
Physical Record
Fortnightly, or as advised
by City Health
To be advised by City
Health
Bi-monthly
Risk Assessments
Cleansing
Monitor results received from Scientific Services
Ensure enforcement of safety and environmental health
measures
Ensure launch site posts are manned
Ensure management plans are in place
Undertake risk assessments at the beach
Litter picking
As and when required
Daily
Tidal Pools
Bins in place
Recycling programme in place
Management and maintenance of tidal pools according to
MMP
Displayed on BF Board; 'Certificates'
from Scientific Services
Safe, secure, clean beach
environment.
Register of users
On File in office
As above, with report
Clean beach areas
Sufficient, suitably placed bins in
place
Recycling programme underway
As and when required
Well maintained tidal pools
Recreation and/or Education
Recreation and / or education programme in place
Annually
Photographs / attendance registers
Boat Launch Sites
When necessary
Daily
Monthly
Annually
Daily