1. All abutting property owners of the proposed family child care home site shall be notified in writing by the Planning Department that a special use permit application has been filed.
2. Notice procedures of Section 22-72 shall be followed.
3. The applicant shall provide documentation that all supplementary permit registration and/or license applications have been submitted to the appropriate review agencies at the time the special use permit application is submitted for review. Upon receipt of all necessary supplementary permits and licenses, the Planning staff shall issue the family child care home permit. Failure to deliver those necessary supplementary permits and/or licenses within 180 days of Dare County approval shall render the county approval null and void.
4. The applicant shall provide affidavits attesting to the applicant’s occupancy of the proposed family child care home.
5. The applicant shall submit a site plan depicting the proposed site and all associated improvements. The staff shall review the site plan for compliance with the regulatory guidelines of the zoning district where the family child care home is proposed.
6. A family child care home shall not be authorized if another family child care home is in operation within a 500-foot radius of the applicant’s proposed location.
7. A family child care home approval shall be valid for a period not to exceed 36 months. This approval period shall be based on the date the family child care home permit is released by the Planning Department upon receipt of all necessary state licenses. The family child care home operator shall apply for renewal of the family child care home permit by written request to the Dare County Planning Director. Such request shall be received a minimum of 30 days prior to the expiration of the approval period. There shall be no limit on the number of times the approval period may be renewed. The renewal request shall be approved by the Planning Director if there are no outstanding violations of the special use permit. If it is the desire of the family child care home operator to discontinue operations of the family child care home, then written notice shall be provided to the Dare County Planning Director at any time.
8. Zoning officials shall be allowed to inspect the family child care home periodically to check for compliance with all permit conditions and applicable zoning regulations. If the zoning official finds any violations, the applicant shall be notified in writing of the violations and be granted 30 days in which to correct the violations. If after 30 days, the applicant does not correct the cited violations, notice shall be affixed to the site or structure indicating the initiation of revocation procedures. The family child care home permit may be reinstated upon correction of any violations. (Adopted 11-5-90; amended 5-16-11; amended 5-16-2011)
(Am. Ord. passed 6-21-2021)