[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:
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.