As used in this Article:
(a) Nursing home. A private home, institution, building, residence or other place, whether operated for profit or not, which provides, through its ownership or management, maintenance, personal care or nursing for three (3) or more persons, not related to the applicant or owner by blood or marriage, or any similar facility in which maintenance is provided to three (3) or more persons who, by reason of illness or physical infirmity, require personal care or nursing.
(b) Sheltered care home. A private boarding home, institution, building, residence or other place, whether operated for profit or not, which, through its ownership or management, provides sheltered care to three (3) or more persons who are not related to the applicant or owner by blood or marriage, or any similar facility in which maintenance is provided to three (3) or more persons, who, by reason of physical infirmity, require personal care.
(c) Maintenance: Food, shelter and laundry.
(d) Personal Care: Assistance with meals, dressing, movement, bathing or other personal needs, or general supervision and oversight of the physical and mental well being of an individual, exclusive of nursing, who, because of age, physical or mental disability, emotional or behavior disorder, or mental retardation, is incapable of maintaining a private, independent residence or who is incapable of managing his person whether or not a conservator has been appointed for such individual.
(e) Nursing: Professional nursing or practical nursing, as these terms are defined in the Illinois nursing act, 225 Illinois Compiled Statutes 65/1 et seq., as heretofore or hereafter amended, for sick or infirm persons who are under the care and supervision of licensed medical practitioners.
(f) Sheltered Care: Maintenance and personal care.
(g) Nursing Home And Sheltered Care Homes: Shall not include the following:
(1) A home, institution or other place operated by the federal government or agency thereof or by the state;
(2) A hospital, sanitarium or other institution whose principal activity or business is the diagnosis, care and treatment of human illness through the maintenance and operation of organized facilities therefor, which is required to be licensed under state law;
(3) Any facility for childcare. (M.C. 1963, § 18.701; amd. Ord. 0-73-68, § 18.701)