PASSED

The enacted ordinance defines day care as care for people under 18 for less than 24 consecutive hours, excluding schools, and requires compliance with state and city licensing or registration rules. It permits certain day-care programs in C-1, office-commercial, and neighborhood shopping center districts, and as an accessory use to churches and places of worship, with restrictions including exceptions for the Sixth and Tenth Councilmanic Districts and a limit of 12 children in C-1 districts.

Amending Title 14 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Zoning and Planning," by adding a definition and providing for day care in certain commercial districts and as an accessory use to churches and places of worship, all under certain terms and conditions.