25-92 New 774 Regulate residential child daycare

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ORDINANCE NO. v~zamn ~um~lllUln voK O~DINANCE NO. 25-92 PLACED ON FIRST RE~ING 4/6/92 & SECOND READIN~ 4/20/92 and that original, l' pul .shed with this evening's cket. 25-92 BY: Boscia, Gallagher, George, Gibbons, Roth, Seelie, Smith AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE to supplement the Business Regula- tion Code of the Codified Ordinances by enacting new Chapter 774 to regulate residential child day care services in the City of Lakewood. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD, STATE OF OHIO: Section 1. That the Business Regulation Code of the Codi- fied Ordinances of the City of Lakewood be supplemented by the enact- ment of new Chapter 774 to read as follows: CHAPTER 774 RESIDENTIAL CHILD DAY CARE SERVICES RESOURCE REGISTRY. 774.01 RESIDENTIAL CHILD DAY CARE SERVICES RE- SOURCE REGISTRY ESTABLISHED. (a) There is hereby established a Residential Child Day Care Services Resource Registry in and for the City of Lakewood which shall include therein the names, addresses and telephone numbers of persons that offer child day care services from a residential premises in the City of Lakewood .provided the minimum standards and requirements set forth in this Chapter are met. The Provider of the child day care services may also include in the Registry any valid credentials or certifica- tions possessed by the Provider. (b) The Residential Child Day Care Services Resource Registry shall be maintained in such locations at City Hall as shall be determined by the Mayor, and shall be available for inspection by any person during business hours of the City. The Registry shall be maintained and updated by the Coordinator of Lakewood Child Care Services. (c) Inclusion of any Provider in the Residential Child Day Care Services Resource Registry shall not constitute, directly or indirectly, certifica- tion, approval, recommendation as to suitability, evaluation or adequacy or suitability, or assump- tion of responsibility for compliance, regulation or education of any day care Provider, nor for any loss, injury, or damages which may arise out of or relate to the placement of any child with a day care Provider, by the City, its officials, offi- cers, employees or its agents. 774.02 MINIMUM PROVIDER REQUIREMENTS. (a) "Provider" means an adult person or persons who provide child day care services. (b) The Provider shall be a permanent resident of the premises and at least eighteen (18) years of age with a minimum of six (6) months experience in caring for children ages fourteen (14) years or younger. Said experience may be obtained either as a parent, from employment, day care center observation, volunteer service, eighteen (18) hours of in--service training, or from some other similar activity.