Burbank Municipal Code Art. 2 Homes for Aged, Mental Institutions, Private Schools, Nurseries, And…

As used in this article, unless the context otherwise clearly indicates, the following terms shall mean:

CHILDREN’S BOARDING HOME: Any institution or establishment providing room and board for the reception and care of one or more children below the ages of eighteen (18) years, regardless of sex, unrelated to the caretaker, in the absence of parents or guardian, and with or without compensation.

DAY NURSERY OR DAY NURSERY SCHOOL: Any institution or establishment providing daycare for children between the ages of two (2) years and four (4) years and six (6) months, inclusive, but shall not include any day nursery or day nursery school maintained by any public school or the Federal Government.

HOME FOR AGED: Any institution, boarding home or other place for the reception or care of one or more aged persons sixty five (65) years of age or over, except any hospital as defined in Section 1401 of the Health and Safety Code of the State.

MENTAL INSTITUTION: Any hospital, sanitarium, home or other place receiving or caring for any insane, allegedly insane, mentally ill, or other incompetent person.

PRIVATE BOARDING SCHOOL: Any institution or establishment providing room and board and giving a course of training similar to that given in any grade of public school from kindergarten to the twelfth grade, inclusive, but shall not include any institution or establishment maintained by any public school.

PRIVATE DAY SCHOOL: Any institution or establishment providing a course of training similar to that given in any grade of public school from kindergarten to the twelfth grade, inclusive, but shall not include any institution or establishment maintained by any public school, nor to any parochial school. [Formerly numbered Section 17-6; renumbered by Ord. No. 3058, eff. 2/21/87.]

A. License Fee: Every person conducting or maintaining any of the institutions or establishments regulated by this article shall pay a license tax of twelve dollars ($12.00) per year.

B. Application Fee: Every application for a license hereunder, or renewal thereof, shall be accompanied by an application fee of ten dollars ($10.00), if the application is for the conduct and maintenance of any type of services or establishments, for a capacity of twenty four (24) or less children or aged or mentally ill persons; or fifteen dollars ($15.00), if the application is for the conduct or maintenance of one type of services or establishment, or two (2) or more types of services or establishment at one location, for a capacity of twenty five (25) or more children or aged or mentally ill persons.

C. Renewal: Applications for renewal shall be filed at least ten (10) days before the expiration of the license period. [Formerly numbered Section 17-7; renumbered by Ord. No. 3058, eff. 2/21/87.]