(a) Prior to the construction, alteration, repair, conversion, improvement or enlargement of any building or structure to be used as a day care center, the owner of the day care center shall make application for and obtain a building permit as required by the city building code.
(b) A “letter of intent” to operate a day care center shall be submitted to the department at the same time the plans and specifications are submitted for review to the Fort Worth department of planning and development. The department of planning and development shall receive a copy of the “letter of intent.” Any change or modification to the original “letter of intent” shall cause the owner to submit a revised “letter of intent” to the department with a copy to the department of planning and development. The “letter of intent,” whether original or revised, shall include the following information:
(1) Proposed hours and days of operation of the day care center;
(2) Proposed number of children and age groups to be served by the center;
(3) Identification or designation of the type of day care center to be operated at the site;
(4) If food preparation or service, as defined by the city code, will be provided at the facility, a sample menu for one month; and
(5) If food preparation or service, as defined by the city code, will not be provided at the facility, a statement from the owner that no such food preparation or service will take place at the facility; if the owner subsequently desires to add food preparation or service, as defined the city code, to the facility, then the owner shall comply with all applicable requirements of said code, excluding paying for and obtaining a food service establishment permit for the facility.
(c) Nothing in this section shall be construed to exempt the owner of a day care center or permit applicant from complying with all other applicable permits, inspection or review by any other city department.
(Ord. 11209, § 3, passed 11-24-1992; Ord. 17522, § 5, passed 4-24-2007)