A. No person shall operate a childcare facility within the city without obtaining or maintaining a valid license as provided in this chapter.
B. No person shall act as a childcare employee within the city without obtaining or maintaining a valid license as provided in this chapter.
C. No person shall operate a "preschool", as defined herein, without obtaining or maintaining a valid license as provided in this chapter.
D. No person operating a childcare facility shall utilize a person as a childcare employee unless such individual is licensed as required by this chapter.
E. No person operating a childcare facility shall leave an unlicensed person alone with children enrolled in the childcare facility.
F. All persons thirteen (13) years of age or older who live on the premises or who are on the premises twelve (12) hours or more a month or who have unsupervised contact with children where childcare is provided shall obtain a resident/visitor license.
G. Said license must be prominently displayed in the childcare facility and maintained in effect at all times the person is engaged in providing childcare.
H. An employee-applicant may be hired to assist and work in providing childcare under direct licensed supervision once the FBI or State fingerprint check has returned satisfactorily, but must be continually supervised until a determination is made on all checks. It shall be a violation of this section for any employee-applicant to continue so working, or any provider to continue to use the services of an employee-applicant, if all checks are not returned satisfactorily.
I. Childcare facility licenses shall have subscribed thereon the maximum number of children allowed in the place, home, building, or location wherein the childcare is provided. Such licenses are premises specific and may not be used to provide childcare in any place, home, building, or location other than the one named on the license.
J. All providers, childcare employees, licensed volunteers, and childcare residents/visitors must undergo a background/criminal history check prior to issuance of a City license, except that background checks will not be required for irregular, occasional, or onetime visitors referred by education institutions, scouting organizations, and other such groups. (Ord. 3011, 2018: Ord. 2951, 2015)