[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Health of the Township of Maplewood 2-4-1975 by Ord. No. 1439 as Ch. BH-VIII of the 1974 Revised General Ordinances; amended in its entirety 6-16-1998 by Ord. No. 2064-98.[1] Subsequent amendments noted where applicable.]
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Editor's Note: This ordinance shall take effect January 1, 1999.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
CHILD-CARE CENTER FOR INFANTS AND CHILDREN AND NURSERY SCHOOL
Any house or other place where six or more children are received, cared for or kept, unattended by either their parents or legal guardians, for the purpose of providing such child or children with food, lodging, instruction or supervision for periods less than one day. This shall not include care by any person of a child related by blood or marriage or care of a child by any institution maintained by the State of New Jersey or by any municipality or by any incorporated charitable society or a Sunday nursery school maintained by a religious organization and carried on in its building used for religious and related purposes.
No person shall conduct or maintain any nursery school for infants and children within the Township without first having obtained a license therefor from the Board of Health. Such license shall not be transferable and shall expire January 1 of each year.
[Amended 4-7-2004 by Ord. No. 2244-04]
A registration and inspection fee of $150 per year or fraction thereof is hereby established.[1]
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Editor's Note: Original Section BH:8-4, entitled "Rules and Regulations," which immediately followed this section, was deleted 8-1-1995 by Ord. No. 1978-95.