§ 18.38.140. LARGE FAMILY DAY CARE HOMES.  


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  • Any Large Family Day Care Home shall be located, operated or maintained by any person or entity within the City, in compliance with all of the provisions of this section.
    .010 The use shall be conducted within a detached single-family dwelling located in a residential zone of the City, and shall not adversely affect surrounding residents.
    .020 The use shall comply with all state licensing requirements for Large Family Day Care Homes.
    .030 The use shall comply with standards adopted by the State Fire Marshal, pursuant to the California Health and Safety Code relating to Large Family Day Care Homes.
    .040 The use and dwelling unit shall comply with all site development standards for the residential zone in which it is located. No signs or advertising identifying the day care use shall be permitted.
    .050 The use shall be located at least six hundred (600) feet from any other use classified as Day Care–large Family as measured at the closest point of the parcels whereon said uses are conducted.
    .060 A site plan satisfactory to the Planning Director shall be submitted, specifying the vehicle loading and unloading area for the children, and any required parking spaces that will be maintained for the use. The City Traffic and Transportation Manager and Planning Director shall review and approve the site plan, if it conforms to the following requirements:
    .0601 One (1) off-street parking space shall be provided in a location permitted by code, for each employee or worker who does not live on the premises. Off-street parking spaces provided for the dwelling unit, other than spaces within a garage, may be counted toward satisfaction of this requirement.
    .0602 If the use is located on a parcel abutting, or having access upon, an arterial highway, as designated by the Circulation Element of the Anaheim General Plan, an on-site vehicle loading and unloading area for children shall be provided which: (a) provides vehicular access to and from the child care site without stacking of vehicles onto the public street or sidewalk, and (b) provides circular or turn-around drives on-site so vehicles do not back up onto the public street.
    .0603 If the proposed location is not on a parcel abutting or having access upon an arterial highway, at least one (1) on-street or off-street loading space shall be provided. Any off-street loading space so provided shall conform to the requirements of Chapter 18.42 (Parking and Loading). Any on-street loading space so provided shall be designated and maintained as such by such means as approved in the site plan.
    .0604 The site plan shall clearly identify pedestrian routes to and from the drop-off and pick-up areas, including sidewalks if applicable.
    .070 The operator of the Large Family Day Care Home shall obtain a City business tax certificate, shall provide a copy of the State of California Day Care License to the Planning Department, and shall register the home with the Planning Department on forms approved for such purpose by the Planning Director. (Ord. 5920 1 (part); June 8, 2004: Ord. 6286 § 21; September 3, 2013.)