Pool Rules (2012)

These rules have been established to protect the health, safety and cleanliness of our pools and swimmers. Lifeguards may establish other rules as necessary.

General Pool Rules

• Everyone who enters the pool facility must pay an entrance fee
• Swimmers must shower before entering the pool.
• Conversation with the lifeguards should be limited. Please refer questions and concerns to the staff in the office. Patrons will not obstruct the lifeguards view.
• Groups of 20+ need prior approval to attend recreation swim at least two weekdays in advance.
• Aluminum lawn chairs are permitted on the lawn area.
• The pool may close due to inclement weather.
• All patrons will comply with the directions of the Lifeguards and Aquatics Staff. Failure to comply will result in dismissal from the facility.
• Food and drinks are allowed in the facility. 
• No glass allowed in facility.
• Children must be 48” tall to ride the slide. No exceptions.
• Any child who would like to use the slide and/or diving board must pass a swim test given by a Pool Supervisor or designated Lifeguard on deck.  

Attire

• All swimmers must wear a bathing suit. Only clean bathing suits are permitted in the pool.
• Board shorts may be worn only if they do not contain metal snaps, zippers, or buttons.
• Rash-guards that are not loose are permitted in the water for sun protection purposes only.
• Street clothes including; T-shirts, basketball shorts, un-hemmed shorts, cut-offs, bike shorts or leotards, are not allowed in the water.
• Items with metal zippers, snaps, buckles or buttons are not permitted.

Conduct and Safety

• No running in the facility or around the pool deck.
• No roughhousing allowed inside the pool area, showers or locker rooms.
• No playing or hanging on the lane lines or ropes.
• No person shall hang on the back of another person.
• No flotation devices (i.e. water wings, inflatable tubes). Only US Coast Guard approved lifejackets that have been inspected by the Supervisor are allowed. An adult must be supervising child at all times.
• Small swim toys are allowed in the water once they pass the approval of the lifeguard or supervisor on deck.  
• Profanity will not be tolerated.
• Animals are not permitted in the facility.

Infants and Toddlers

• Infants and toddlers must wear swim diapers under their swimsuits.
• Children under 48” tall must be accompanied in the water by an adult at least 18 years old.
• Attended strollers/car seats are permitted in the designated spectator area only.
• No children over the age of 6 may use the wading pool.

Parents

• A fifteen minute swim will occur during each recreation swim session.
• Parents must remain in physical contact with children under 48” in the pool.
• Parents must hold children in front of them (not on shoulders or around the neck).
• Parents are responsible for maintaining the safety of their children in the wading pool.

Diving/Deep End

• Swimmers must demonstrate, to a lifeguard, that they can swim one width of the pool to be eligible to use the diving board or swim in the deep end.
• One person on the board at a time.
• Diver must wait until the previous diver is at the ladder or under the rope before going off the board.
• One bounce only.
• Unsafe dives are not permitted; no back dives, twists or inverts.  Front flips okay.
• No back dives or flips off the deck.
• Swimming is not allowed in diving areas.
• Dive straight out in front of the board and exit at the ladder or by swimming under the rope immediately after going off the board.
• Do not swim directly in front of, behind or underneath the diving board.
• Diving from the side of the pool is permitted only in depths greater than 8 feet.
• No back dives off of the diving board.

Slide

• Riders must be 48 inches tall to ride the slide.
• Slides must be ridden feet first, lying on your back or in a sitting position.
• Never form chains.
• Riders must wait for the signal before starting the ride.
• Do not run, dive, stand, kneel, rotate or stop in the slide.
• At the end of the slide, obey all instructions by the attendant and exit quickly.
• Glasses must be securely affixed to riders with head straps.
• Riders are not permitted to be caught at the bottom of the slide.
• Riders must exit the pool independently.
• One rider at a time on the slide.