A. “Child day care” means the providing of supplemental parental care and supervision for a child or children who are not related to the provider, on a regular basis for less than twenty-four hours a day and under license by the Washington State Department of Social and Health Services. The term does not include babysitting services of a casual, non-recurring nature or in the child’s own home. The term is further not intended to include cooperative, reciprocative child care by a group of parents in their respective homes.

B. “Child care facility” means a building or structure in which an agency, person or persons regularly provide care for a group of children for periods of less than twenty-four hours a day. Child day care facilities include family home child care, and child day care centers regulated by the Washington State Department of Social and Health Services, as presently defined in Chapter 74.15 RCW and WAC 388-73-422 as such statute or regulations may hereafter be amended.

C. “Family home child care” means a facility licensed by the state where child care is provided for twelve or fewer children in the family living quarters where the licensee resides as provided in RCW 43.215.010(1)(c).

D. “Child day care center” means a facility providing regularly scheduled care for a group of thirteen or more children within an age range of one month through twelve years, for periods of less than twenty-four hours. (Ord. 1539 §109, 2019; Ord. 927 §1 (part), 1992).