CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

 

                        SENATE BILL 5351

 

                    Chapter 49, Laws of 1995

 

 

                        54th Legislature

                      1995 Regular Session

 

 

   Family day-care providers' home facilities‑-Certification

 

 

                    EFFECTIVE DATE:  7/23/95

Passed by the Senate March 7, 1995

  YEAS 48   NAYS 0

 

 

 

JOEL PRITCHARD

President of the Senate

 

Passed by the House April 5, 1995

  YEAS 97   NAYS 0

               CERTIFICATE

 

I, Marty Brown, Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SENATE BILL 5351 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth.

 

 

 

  CLYDE BALLARD

Speaker of the

       House of Representatives

MARTY BROWN

                                 Secretary

 

 

Approved April 17, 1995 Place Style On Codes above, and Style Off Codes below.

                                     FILED          

 

 

                April 17, 1995 - 3:49 p.m.

 

 

 

    MIKE LOWRY

Governor of the State of Washington

                        Secretary of State

                       State of Washington


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                                 SENATE BILL 5351

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                     Passed Legislature - 1995 Regular Session

 

State of Washington              54th Legislature             1995 Regular Session

 

By Senators Wojahn, Winsley, Haugen, McCaslin and Drew

 

Read first time 01/20/95.  Referred to Committee on Government Operations.

 

Allowing cities to require family day-care provider's home facilities loading areas to be certified by the office of child care policy licensor.



     AN ACT Relating to requirements of cities regarding certification of family day-care provider's home facilities; and amending RCW 35.63.185, 35A.63.215, and 36.70A.450.

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

 

     Sec. 1.  RCW 35.63.185 and 1994 c 273 s 14 are each amended to read as follows:

     No city may enact, enforce, or maintain an ordinance, development regulation, zoning regulation, or official control, policy, or administrative practice which prohibits the use of a residential dwelling, located in an area zoned for residential or commercial use, as a family day-care provider's home facility.

     A city may require that the facility:  (1) Comply with all building, fire, safety, health code, and business licensing requirements; (2) conform to lot size, building size, setbacks, and lot coverage standards applicable to the zoning district except if the structure is a legal nonconforming structure; (3) is certified by the ((state department of licensing)) office of child care policy licensor as providing a safe passenger loading area; (4) include signage, if any, that conforms to applicable regulations; and (5) limit hours of operations to facilitate neighborhood compatibility, while also providing appropriate opportunity for persons who use family day-care and who work a nonstandard work shift.

     A city may also require that the family day-care provider, before state licensing, require proof of written notification by the provider that the immediately adjoining property owners have been informed of the intent to locate and maintain such a facility.  If a dispute arises between neighbors and the family day-care provider over licensing requirements, the licensor may provide a forum to resolve the dispute.

     Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit a city from imposing zoning conditions on the establishment and maintenance of a family day-care provider's home in an area zoned for residential or commercial use, so long as such conditions are no more restrictive than conditions imposed on other residential dwellings in the same zone and the establishment of such facilities is not precluded.  As used in this section, "family day-care provider" is as defined in RCW 74.15.020.

 

     Sec. 2.  RCW 35A.63.215 and 1994 c 273 s 16 are each amended to read as follows:

     No city may enact, enforce, or maintain an ordinance, development regulation, zoning regulation, or official control, policy, or administrative practice which prohibits the use of a residential dwelling, located in an area zoned for residential or commercial use, as a family day-care provider's home facility.

     A city may require that the facility:  (1) Comply with all building, fire, safety, health code, and business licensing requirements; (2) conform to lot size, building size, setbacks, and lot coverage standards applicable to the zoning district except if the structure is a legal nonconforming structure; (3) is certified by the ((state department of licensing)) office of child care policy licensor as providing a safe passenger loading area; (4) include signage, if any, that conforms to applicable regulations; and (5) limit hours of operations to facilitate neighborhood compatibility, while also providing appropriate opportunity for persons who use family day-care and who work a nonstandard work shift.

     A city may also require that the family day-care provider, before state licensing, require proof of written notification by the provider that the immediately adjoining property owners have been informed of the intent to locate and maintain such a facility.  If a dispute arises between neighbors and the family day-care provider over licensing requirements, the licensor may provide a forum to resolve the dispute.

     Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit a city from imposing zoning conditions on the establishment and maintenance of a family day-care provider's home in an area zoned for residential or commercial use, so long as such conditions are no more restrictive than conditions imposed on other residential dwellings in the same zone and the establishment of such facilities is not precluded.  As used in this section, "family day-care provider" is as defined in RCW 74.15.020.

 

     Sec. 3.  RCW 36.70A.450 and 1994 c 273 s 17 are each amended to read as follows:

     No city that plans or elects to plan under this chapter may enact, enforce, or maintain an ordinance, development regulation, zoning regulation, or official control, policy, or administrative practice which prohibits the use of a residential dwelling, located in an area zoned for residential or commercial use, as a family day-care provider's home facility.

     A city may require that the facility:  (1) Comply with all building, fire, safety, health code, and business licensing requirements; (2) conform to lot size, building size, setbacks, and lot coverage standards applicable to the zoning district except if the structure is a legal nonconforming structure; (3) is certified by the ((state department of licensing)) office of child care policy licensor as providing a safe passenger loading area; (4) include signage, if any, that conforms to applicable regulations; and (5) limit hours of operations to facilitate neighborhood compatibility, while also providing appropriate opportunity for persons who use family day-care and who work a nonstandard work shift.

     A city may also require that the family day-care provider, before state licensing, require proof of written notification by the provider that the immediately adjoining property owners have been informed of the intent to locate and maintain such a facility.  If a dispute arises between neighbors and the family day-care provider over licensing requirements, the licensor may provide a forum to resolve the dispute.

     Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit a city that plans or elects to plan under this chapter from imposing zoning conditions on the establishment and maintenance of a family day-care provider's home in an area zoned for residential or commercial use, so long as such conditions are no more restrictive than conditions imposed on other residential dwellings in the same zone and the establishment of such facilities is not precluded.  As used in this section, "family day-care provider" is as defined in RCW 74.15.020.


     Passed the Senate March 7, 1995.

     Passed the House April 5, 1995.

Approved by the Governor April 17, 1995.

     Filed in Office of Secretary of State April 17, 1995.


 


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