A. The council finds that affordable, quality licensed child and adult care within the city of Redlands is critical to the well being of relations, parents, children, and adults in need of supervision. Further, it is the purpose of this article to facilitate the establishment of licensed family daycare homes in the city of Redlands in a manner which simplifies the review and approval process while ensuring conformance with applicable standards to protect residential neighborhoods.
B. The council finds that regulation of such facilities is necessary in order to ensure that these facilities will provide a safe client environment while not creating any adverse effects on surrounding properties nor contributing to a general decline of existing single-family neighborhoods. (Ord. 2094 § 2, 1989)