The person or persons employed by the city from time to time as lifeguards and ticket-takers for the swimming pool operated by the city shall have responsibility and authority over the swimming pool facility, bath house and adjacent areas for the purpose of ensuring the safe and orderly use of the swimming pool facilities by the public. Lifeguards and ticket-takers shall have the authority to give such orders, commands and instructions to all persons present at or using the swimming pool, bath house or adjacent areas, as may be necessary or proper, in their judgement, to ensure the safe and orderly use of the swimming pool facilities. Any person who fails or refuses to obey any order, a command or instruction of a lifeguard or ticket-taker, or who commits any act which, in the judgement of a lifeguard or ticket-taker seriously threatens the safe and orderly use of the swimming pool facilities, may be expelled from the swimming pool, bath house and adjacent areas by verbal command of a lifeguard or ticket-taker; provided, that the authority of the lifeguards and ticket-takers shall be, at all time, subject to the authority of the Mayor or any member of the City Council appointed by the Mayor to have oversight of the swimming pool and subject to such rules and regulations as may be promulgated by the City Council for the governance of the swimming pool.
(Prior Code, § 5-7-6)