A. A small family daycare home is a permitted use in any residential zoning district of the city as an accessory use to a principal residential use and shall be exempt from business taxes, local registration fees, use permit fees and fire inspection fees, provided that the use complies with all of the standards defined in section 18.156.610 of this article.
B. A large family daycare home is a permitted use in any single- family residential zoning district subject to the approval of a conditional use permit. The use shall be exempt from business taxes, local registration fees, use permit fees and fire inspection fees, provided it complies with all applicable standards. The process and required findings shall be those in chapter 18.192 of this title unless otherwise stated in this article.
1. The prospective provider shall submit a completed application to the planning department for a conditional use permit.
2. Once the application is deemed complete, the department shall prepare a notice to all property owners within one hundred feet (100') of the proposed site and mail it at least ten (10) calendar days in advance of a decision by the community development administrator.
3. The applicant or an interested party may request a public hearing in writing. If no public hearing is requested, then the community development administrator shall approve, conditionally approve, deny or forward to the planning commission a request based on the required findings for a conditional use permit.
4. The decision of the community development administrator shall be final unless appealed to the planning commission within ten (10) days. Upon appeal, the planning commission shall conduct a public hearing and make a final decision to approve, conditionally approve or deny. planning commission decisions may be appealed to the city council. (Ord. 2094 § 2, 1989)