Day care facilities and nursery schools shall be permitted by special exception, subject to the following requirements in addition to those requirements contained in this chapter that pertain to all special exceptions.
(a) General Regulations.
(1) All day-care facilities and nursery schools must allow for the safe pickup and drop-off of children.
(2) No more than two bed and breakfast establishments may be located within a single block except that any bed and breakfast establishment, inn, or hotel in the TC Town Center District shall not be counted in that number.
(3) All day-care facilities for children up to and including third grade shall provide on-site, ground-level play areas of at least seventy-five square feet per registered child using the play area at any one time.
(4) Above-ground and in-ground swimming pools, as well as filled, portable wading pools, must be made inaccessible to children when children are not swimming or wading.
(5) The minimum distance between family day-care home facilities shall be 500 feet, to be measured at the shortest distance between lot lines of the proposed properties to accommodate such facilities.
(6) If heavy street traffic or unsafe areas, such as open drainage ditches, creeks, wells or holes, are in or near the outdoor play space, there shall be fencing or natural barriers to restrict children from these areas.
(7) The hours of operation for all day-care facilities and nursery schools in a residential area shall be limited to the hours between 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. on weekdays. The hours of operation for all day-care facilities and nursery schools in nonresidential zones shall be limited to the hours between 6:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. on weekdays.
(b) Fire Inspection. All day-care facilities and nursery schools shall submit to and pass yearly fire inspections by the Zoning Officer or his or her delegate. The written criteria for such fire inspections shall be publicly available at the Borough Hall.
(Ord. 968. Passed 1-13-03; Ord. 998. Passed 12-12-05; Ord. 1056. Passed 11-12-13.)