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Hillcrest Aquatic Center

1450 Sixth Street - 692-2387
Parks & Recreation Dept. - 692-2708

HILLCREST AQUATIC CENTER
General Information & Rules

Open Swim Hours will be 12:00 (noon) – 8:30pm Monday thru Friday and 1:00-8:30pm Saturday and Sunday.

Family Swim Hours are Monday thru Thursday 5:00-6:30 and Friday 5:30-6:30pm. During Family Swim children must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.

Parking is available directly south of the center entrance and south and east of the tennis courts.

Handicap Accessibility: the center has available a lift and water-wheelchair for those who need these to access the various pools.

Lap Swimming/Water Walking and Aqua Aerobics will be held 12:00-1:00pm Monday thru Friday and during Family Swim hours.

Hillcrest Aquatic Center will close at 6:00pm on July 4th and 6:00pm the last day of the season.

Admission fee or season tickets are required for all swimmer and spectators 2 years of age and older.

Daily Admission patrons leaving the pool will be allowed to re-enter on that same calendar day with an intact daily wrist band.

Season Swim Pass will be a reusable silicone wristband that must be worn at all times while in the facility.

Season Passes are not transferable. Individual tickets may be used only by the individual that purchased the ticket and family passes are for immediate family members to include: parent and children or stepchildren under 18 years of age. Day care providers, cousins, nieces and nephews, neighbors, grandchildren and others are NOT included in family passes.

Season Passes that are misused will be revoked. Lost or stolen season passes maybe replaced at Park and Recreation office for $15.00. Your receipt must be shown to have it replaced.

Children ages 4 and older are not allowed in the opposite sex locker rooms. Family locker rooms are available.

Image recording devices may not be used in locker rooms.

There will be a 5 minute safety break at 2:00, 3:00, 4:00, 5:00, 7:00 and 8:00pm daily to help remind patron what time it is. All patrons must exit the water at this time.

People may enter the pool area to look for children but must leave an ID, cell phone or key as a deposit and must exit the pool area within 15 minutes or pay the daily fee.

PA system is for pool use only, paging will NOT be done.

When pool management hears thunder or sees lightning, all swimmers and patrons are required to clear the pool and deck area for 30 minutes after the last clap of thunder is heard or lightning is sighted.

Bather Attire:

• Swimmers must be attired in swimsuits, which must include linings and have adequate coverage. Other apparel, including under-garments worn under swimsuits, is not permitted for health reasons. T-shirts worn under/over swimsuits should not be longer than the knees.

• Street clothes are acceptable for patrons who are wading or watching others.

• Footwear may not be worn while swimming or wading. Footwear may be allowed in sand area.

• Infants/children not toilet trained and incontinent adults must wear snug plastic pants under their swimsuits or a swim diaper.

Expected behavior on slides and tubes:

• Children going down slides in zero depth area must be able to climb the ladder by themselves. Children will slide feet first, on backside, one at a time and must not climb up the slides.

• All patrons using the large water slides MUST BE 48 inches TALL. Patrons will wait for the guard to signal and then proceed down the slide, feet first, seated on their bottom, hands inside the rail, and facing forward.

• Patrons wearing glasses or sunglasses are asked to hold them while going down the slide.

• Parents/guardians may not catch children in the splashdown area.

• Patrons are asked not to sit, swim, or loiter along the edge of the splashdown area.

• One person at a time on tubes. The rider is to remain on the tube the entire ride. No stopping, twisting, or turning while riding on the tube.

• Return the tube to the tube corral.

Expected behavior when diving:

• Diving is permitted only in designated areas.

• Back dives, back jumps, flips, or cartwheels from the side of the pool are not permitted.

• Only one person is permitted on the diving board and the ladder at a time. All dives must be forward in nature off the front end of the board with one bounce per dive.

• Divers must swim directly to the ladder without stopping and leave the diving area.

Expected pool behavior:

• Roughness, running, pushing others, dunking, splashing, snapping of towels, hanging on the separation/lane rope that divides the pool, and any other rough housing actions are not permitted.
Personal items allowed in pool area:

• Strollers, infant seats, and other personal items may be brought in but must be kept from the water’s edge and from emergency corridor areas.

• Swim goggles, cameras or video cameras, radios/walkmans (listening on headsets), handheld umbrellas, and lawn chairs. Masks, fins and snorkels may only be used by lap swimmers.

Personal items not allowed:

• Inflatables of any kind (waterwings, air mattresses, etc.).
• Life jackets (except for disabled persons requiring such protection).
• Gum, tobacco, and alcohol.
• Glass containers of any kind.

Admittance to Pools:

Admission to the pools will be refused to all persons having contagious diseases or other infectious conditions such as colds, ring-worm, fevers, foot infections, skin lesions, inflamed eyes, ear discharge, or any other condition which has the appearance of being infectious.

The department and/or pool manager reserve(s) the right to dismiss, suspend, or prohibit from the pool and/or related facilities any person endangering the health, safety, or pleasure of the pool patrons.

No person shall be allowed to enter the pool while under the influence of alcohol or other drugs.

Children under 8 must be accompanied and supervised by a responsible individual. Children left unsupervised will be dismissed, along with the person responsible for their supervision.

 

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