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 in-climate 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 Drink are not permitted in the facility.
• Clear plastic water bottles containing water are okay. Coolers may contain only water and are subject to inspection.
• Children must be 48” tall to ride the slide. NO exceptions.

Attire

• All swimmers must wear a bathing suit. Clean bathing suits only 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, 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).
• No toys, masks, or fins.
• Profanity will not be tolerated.
• Animals are not permitted in the facility

Infants/Children

• Infants and toddlers must wear plastic pants or 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 wadding 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 t he 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 Rules

• 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