Part 6 — CHILD DAY CARE FACILITIES AND LARGE-FAMILY DAY CARE HOMES

The purpose of regulating child day care facilities and large-family day care homes is to safeguard the health, safety and general welfare of children, and to ensure compatibility with surrounding properties. (Ord. 1346, passed 5-2-12)

(A) California use restrictions. All child day care facilities shall comply will all applicable State of California use restrictions at all times.

(B) Hours of operation. The hours of operation for any child day care facility shall be based upon the uses and characteristics of the area in which the facility is located and shall be set forth in any required conditional use permit. (Ord. 1346, passed 5-2-12) Penalty, see § 10.99

(A) Child day care development standards. The following development standards shall apply to all child day care facilities:

(1) All such facilities shall comply with all applicable State of California development standards at all times; and

(2) All such facilities shall comply with the city’s noise regulations for residential uses, as set forth in subchapter 153.140, Performance Standards.

(B) Large-family day care development standards. The following development standards shall apply to largefamily day care homes:

(1) A minimum lot size of 5,000 square feet is required for any large-family day care home.

(2) No large-family day care home shall be located within 500 feet of an existing or proposed large-family day care home. However, if a large-family day care home is proposed on the same street as an existing large-family day care home, the minimum distance between large-family day care homes shall be 1,000 feet.

(3) All large-family day care homes shall provide adequate on-street parking located along the home’s street frontage, or shall provide off-street parking for the drop-off and pick-up of children.

(4) No off-street parking provided for the drop-off and pick-up of children shall require vehicles to backup directly into a travel lane of a designated major arterial street.

(Ord. 1346, passed 5-2-12) Penalty, see § 10.99