§ 111.141. License.

A.

Requirement. No person may operate or continue to operate any existing boarding home for handicapped or feebleminded children, boarding home for children, or day nursery within the city, nor establish, conduct, maintain, or manage such home for such care without first obtaining a license therefor.

B.

Application. Any person desiring to conduct a boarding home for handicapped or feebleminded children, boarding home for children, or day nursery in the City shall make application in writing to the Director of Health. Four identical copies of the application shall immediately be forwarded to the Superintendent of Building Inspection and Regulation, the Planning Commission, the Board of Zoning Appeals, and the Chief of the Bureau of Fire Prevention. A report of their recommendations shall be made to the Director of Health. The applicant shall submit satisfactory evidence that he is of reputable and responsible character and, in the event the applicant is an association or corporation, like evidence shall be submitted as to the membership thereof and the person or persons in charge. Applicants shall, in addition, furnish satisfactory evidence of their ability to comply with the minimum standards of this article and the rules and regulations adopted pursuant thereto.

C.

Each application for a license to conduct a boarding home for handicapped or feebleminded children, boarding home for children, or day nursery shall be accompanied by a fee of five dollars to be sent to the License Clerk. Fees paid by check shall be made out to the Director of Finance and shall be payable on or before September 1, for the twelve-month period following.

D.

Issuance. Upon receipt of certificates of approval from the Director of Health and the Chief of the Bureau of Fire Prevention stating that the establishment where the applicant intends to conduct such home is a proper place for such use and has been approved by the Planning Commission and the Board of Zoning Appeals as a Class Uc use under the Zoning Code, then the License Clerk shall issue a license to the applicant.

E.

Revocation or Suspension. The License Clerk shall, upon petition from the Director of Health, the Superintendent of Building Inspection and Regulation, the Chief of the Bureau of Fire Prevention, or the Board of Zoning Appeals, revoke or suspend the license issued pursuant to subsection D of this section on any of the following grounds:

1.

Failure to comply with the requirements of the building code, the zoning code, or any other municipal ordinance, or with any rules and regulations adopted pursuant thereto;

2.

The commission of an illegal act or permitting, aiding, or abetting the commission of an illegal act in such institution; or

3.

Conduct or practice detrimental to the welfare of children.

F.

Transferability. No license granted under the provisions of this article shall be assignable or transferable. Penalty, see § 111.999.

(Ord. 1049-1966)