The Pool Rules and Regulations are part of the City's continuing effort to provide a safe recreational environment.

Please review these rules before visiting the Prairie Village Pool. Vviolations of pool rules may result in loss of pool privileges. We recommend you download a copy of the pool rules to review with all members of your family. If you have any questions about any of these rules, please contact the Pool Manager on duty.

A complete list of pool rules and regulations will be provided to persons purchasing pool memberships and swim cards. Rules will also be psoted at the pool.

General Rules

The following rules apply to all areas of the Prairie Village Pool:

• Each patron over the age of one year must have a pool membership ID card, a swim card, or pay a daily entrance fee for admission to the Prairie Village Pool.
• Membership ID cards must be presented by pool patrons each time they enter the pool complex.
• A responsible party must supervise patrons under the age of nine at all times. A responsible party is defined as a person fourteen years of age or older who has the ability to swim. Supervision is defined as having the child who is less than nine years old within arm's reach at all times while at the Prairie Village Pool. Patrons age nine and older are permitted in the Prairie Village Pool without supervision, but are subject to removal by the Pool Manager on duty if they create a health or safety risk.
• Infants are required to wear plastic pants or swim diapers in the pools.
• Any patron in water deeper than the patron's armpits may be required to demonstrate to the lifeguard or Pool Manager on duty that he or she is capable of swimming the width of the pool in that depth. If the patron is unable to do so, he or she must remain in water that is below his or her armpits.
• The following items or activities are prohibited at the Prairie Village Pool:
  1. Toys or play items not permitted in the Prairie Village Pool include, but are not limited to, beach balls, noodles, water wings, etc.
  2. Floatation devices are not permitted unless they are Coast Guard Approved Personal Floatation Devices.
  3. Diving from pool decks.
  4. Food or drink, except plastic bottles with water.
  5. Radios, CD players, TV's, and tape recorders (unless used with personal headphones).
  6. Animals, other than service animals.
  7. Any other item or activity that creates a hazard to patrons or to the maintenance and operation of the Prairie Village Pool.
• Persons wishing to take pictures inside the pool area must obtain permission from the Pool Manager.
• The City of Prairie Village assumes no liability for the loss or theft of a patron's personal belongings. Lockers are provided to secure personal belongings. Patrons may bring locks for use on lockers. All locks must be removed from the locker at the end of the day or they will be removed. Items left in lockers after the end of the day will be placed in the pool's lost and found area.
• The Pool Manager on duty may close the entire pool complex, or any portions of the pool complex, for any safety or maintenance reason.
• The Pool Manager on duty has the authority to enforce these rules and may remove from the Prairie Village Pool area any patron who violates these rules.

Water Slide/Plunge Pool Rules

• Swimmers must be at least 48 inches tall to use the water slide.
• One person will be allowed on the slide at a time.
• Swimmers must go down the slide only when instructed by the lifeguard in charge. Swimmers must wait until the previous swimmer has reached the exit of the plunge pool before going down the slide.
• Swimmers must go down the slide feet first on their backs only.
• Swimmers must immediately exit the plunge pool once they have exited the water slide.

Wading Pool

• The Wading Pool is for use by patrons six years of age and under. A responsible party, who is always within arm's reach of the child, must supervise such patrons.

Meter/Lap Pool

• The Lap Pool is reserved between 4:30 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. for lap swimming, organized fitness programs, and scheduled lessons.
• Kick boards are permitted in the Lap Pool.

Adult Pool/Whirlpool

• The Adult Pool and Whirlpool are reserved for patrons 18 years of age and over.
• Kick boards, rafts, and noodles are permitted in the Adult Pool.

Diving Well

• Any patron wishing to use the diving boards at the Prairie Village Pool must adhere to the following rules:
• Divers using the 3-meter high dive or slide must be at least 48 inches tall.
• Divers must wait for the person ahead of them to reach the pool ladder prior to diving off the board.
• Divers may not do sit-drop or inward dives.
• Divers may only make one approach and one bounce per dive.
• Divers may not wear eyewear or goggles when diving.

Modifications for Persons With Disabilities

• If a pool patron requires the assistance of a floatation device as a modification for a qualified disability, that patron will notify the Pool Manager on duty of the need for such a modification on each visit upon entering the Prairie Village Pool.
  
  Any floatation device permitted as a reasonable modification to these patrons must be a Coast Guard Approved Personal Floatation Device.
• The City of Prairie Village will make reasonable modifications to the Pool Rules and Regulations for any person with a qualified disability. Any person requesting modifications to these rules and regulations must identify the qualified individual with a disability to the Pool Manager on duty and request such modification on each visit upon entering the Prairie Village Pool.