Community Swimming pool, eligible or not?
PukimonUSA-PGO
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Can someone clarify YET AGAIN whether community pools are eligible? More specifically, those belong to a condominium where it's open to all residences and visitors. I have gotten mixed responses these days and really confused. It should fall under the category of a great place to exercise, and to some extend to socialize. It's not at any private property.
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Residentially focused pools, which it sounds like the one you're describing is, should be rejected.
Apartment / Condo Complex pools are ineligible. City/Olympic type training ones are eligible.
It's never been fully explained what's the difference. The community has assumed the difference is eligible pools are only open with full time lifeguards while typically apartment/condo pools are swim at your own risk. That is a community assumption though and not a Niantic explanation AFAIK.
What would be interesting is if a Apartment / Condo paid enough fees to have full time lifeguards and the pools was only open with them. But I've never come across that situation in either wayfarer or RL.
I do like to think (and hope) the community pools are good wayspots. They are usually located in a spacious area, easy to walk up to, therefore accessible in the game year round. Most importantly, they are verifiable on satellite view, so the location accuracy is ALWAYS GAURANTEED. But it is what it is, even though I don't quite understand the reasoning behind it.
I'd like to have "residentially-focused pools" expounded more. Are they pool areas that are shared spaces within one property and the residents of that on property is the exclusive audience for it; or is it just on the basis of residents as the main audience even if the area is detached from the residential units?
Not accounting internal disputes, this response seems aware of the specific rejection but chose to accept the community pool. The suburb website markets it as a resort-style pool if that adds to the discussion.
The lengthy assumption about the context of property ownership further down that thread seems plausible to be what the distinction between an acceptable pool and a rejection is. I'd hope that post does get answered or confirmation that all this residentially-focused pool exception is discontinued.
Community swimming pool are ineligible, but Official swimming pool is eligible. Make sure you can check details before you new wayspot swimming pool. Unless you have a water park official too.
Truly appreciate the feedbacks and answers. Are these just common consensus among players or from some Niantic insiders? This reminds me of another interesting question: who are handling the appeals? Are they equipped with official knowledge about the criteria?
It used to be easier to get apartment swimming pools in 2021. But in 2023, almost all apartment swimming pools will be rejected except for some lucky slip-through votes.
Really.... it was not possible in 2020 at all. And at that time Wayfarer had an official criteria clarification document stated that swimming pools were not eligible (regardless what kind). Then I stepped away from Wayfarer until just recently.
Can't believe this is still an issue. Niantic just likes to waste our time.
What @DukeOfBellaire-PGO might be referring to when the clarification was not known to their local reviewer base yet. I think you also overgeneralized that clarification, you can read it here:
IMO pools do meet the eligibility criteria but whether the pool you described would be acceptable depends if that specific rejection still holds or not.
From the initial post, you might have also overgeneralized private
residentialproperty, that AMA contains a clarification for it as well. The question after that explains limited-access/public accessibility too. The condominium you're describing sounds privately-owned, multi-family residential property with access only for residents and visitors. However, the location rejection primarily covers single-family residential property/units; the shared spaces of multi-family residences are allowed as locations, also mentioned here.Community swimming pools are free to residences who pay a condo fee already, and everyone else who wants to enter will have to pay a small fee. In that sense the pools are open to public, just like an aquatic center pool that general public can pay to get in. I guess the nomination will have to clearly specify that.
I’ve never seen a pool at a condo complex that was open to the public for a few. Not saying it doesn’t exist anywhere but in my many years I’ve never seen it. Residential pools are typically only open to residents and their guests.