A. Purpose: Child daycare center regulations are intended to address child daycare uses in commercial districts consistent with State law and in a manner that recognizes the need for such services and importance of minimizing the effects on surrounding properties.
B. Child Daycare Center Types:
1. Daycare Centers: Daycare centers are any facility other than family daycare homes that provide, but are not limited to, infant centers, preschools, and extended daycare facilities.
2. Employer Sponsored Childcare Centers: Employer sponsored childcare centers are facilities at an employer's site of business that are operated directly or through a provider contract by any person or entity having one or more employees, and available exclusively for the care of children of that employer, and of the officers, managers, and employees of that employer.
C. Development And Operational Standards:
1. License: Daycare centers and employer sponsored childcare centers are required to obtain a business license from the Town and provide the Town with a copy of the State of California daycare license.
2. Traffic Control: Off street loading areas shall be provided on site and designated for the forward travel of vehicles both on entering and leaving the premises. The site plan shall clearly identify pedestrian routes to and from the drop off and pick up areas, including sidewalks and directional signage.
3. Parking: See chapter 9.33 of this title for parking requirements for commercial child daycare centers.
4. Noise: In order to protect adjacent uses from noise impacts associated with child daycare centers, hours of operation are limited to seventeen (17) hours a day between the hours of six o'clock (6:00) A.M. and eleven o'clock (11:00) P.M., and outdoor activities are restricted to seven o'clock (7:00) A.M. to nine o'clock (9:00) P.M. Amplification equipment shall not be used for outdoor activities associated with the daycare use. Daycare centers shall comply with section 9.34.080, "Noise", of this title.
5. Signs: See chapter 9.36 of this title for sign regulations for commercial child daycare centers. (Ord. 253, 12-16-2014)