"Amusement(s)" shall have the meaning ascribed to the term in Section 4-156-010.
"Automatic amusement device" shall have the meaning ascribed to the term in Section 4-156-150.
"Children" or "child" means any natural person seventeen years of age or younger.
"Children's play center" means any institution or place, regardless of nomenclature, where the primary business activity is to provide recreational activities to children who are apart from their parent or guardian. The term "children's play center" does not include the following: (1) any program operated by private entities on the grounds of public or private elementary schools or secondary schools; (2) any program operated by a public or private school or secondary level school; (3) any program operated by the State Board of Education or the Board of Education of Chicago; (4) any program operated by government agencies or conducted on government premises; (5) any program operated by or conducted on the premises of a college or university; (6) any program operated primarily for religious instruction; (7) any program operated by a hospital or other health care facility; (8) any entity, location or place licensed or required to be licensed as a public place of amusement pursuant to Article III of Chapter 4-156 of this Code; or (9) any person providing one-on-one recreational, cognitive or educational activities to a child in a dwelling unit, as defined in Section 17-17-0248, in which the person or child resides.
"Children's services facility" means a "day care center" or "children's play center" as those terms are defined in this section.
"Day care center" means any institution or place, regardless of nomenclature and with or without a stated educational purpose, including, but not limited to, any day care center, where three or more children six years of age or younger, who are not of common parentage and who are apart from their parent or guardian, are cared for during all or part of the day. The term "day care center" does not include the following: (1) any "day care home", "group day care home" or "foster family home" as those terms are defined in this section; (2) any center for the intellectually or developmentally disabled licensed by the State of Illinois; (3) any bona fide kindergarten or day nursery school serving children three years of age or older and established in connection with grade schools supervised or operated by a private or public board of education or approved by the State Board of Education; or (4) any daytime program for senior citizens.
"Day care home" means any family unit which receives four or more children, up to a maximum of 12 children, for less than 24 hours per day. The number of children counted shall include the family's natural or adopted children and all other persons under the age of 12. The term "day care home" does not include facilities which receive only children from a single household.
"Group day care home" means any family home which receives four or more children, up to a maximum of sixteen children, for less than 24 hours per day. The number of children counted shall include the family's natural or adopted children and all persons under the age of twelve.
"Foster family home" means a facility for child care in residences of families who receive no more than eight children unrelated to them, unless all of the children are of common parentage, for the purpose of providing family care and training for the children on a full-time basis, and as further defined in Section 2.17 of the Child Care Act of 1969, codified at 225 ILCS 10/1 et seq.
"Private event" means a party or similar type of event held primarily for children, such as a birthday party or holiday party for children. Such private event may include food, non-alcoholic beverages and entertainment.
"Primary business activity" means an activity that constitutes at least 51 percent of the gross receipts of a business.
(Added Coun. J. 5-9-12, p. 27485, § 41; Amend Coun. J. 11-8-12, p. 38872, § 89; Amend Coun. J. 4-19-17, p. 48180, Art. V, § 2)