Record #: SO2018-6417   
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
Intro date: 7/25/2018 Current Controlling Legislative Body: Committee on Finance
Final action: 7/25/2018
Title: Amendment of Municipal Code Title 4 by adding new Chapter 4-76 entitled "Child Care Institution"
Sponsors: Burke, Edward M., Solis, Daniel, Reboyras, Ariel
Topic: MUNICIPAL CODE AMENDMENTS - Title 4 - Businesses, Occupations & Consumer Protection - Ch. 76 Child Care Institution
Attachments: 1. SO2018-6417.pdf, 2. O2018-6417.pdf
s U BSTJiyi E ORDINANCE

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO:
SECTION 1. Title 4 of the Municipal Code of Chicago is hereby amended by adding a new Chapter 4-76, as follows:


CHAPTER 4-76 CHILD CARE INSTITUTION


4-76-010 Definitions.
For purposes of this Chapter, the following definitions shall apply:
"Institution" means a child care institution as defined in Section 2.06 of the Child Care Act of 1969, codified at 225 ILCS 10/2.06, and operating within the City of Chicago.
"Departments" means the Department of Buildings, the Department of Public Health, and the Chicago Fire Department.

4-76-020 Notice.
Each Institution shall provide the Departments all of the following information: (1) the name, address, e-mail, and mobile telephone number for a contact person(s) responsible for administering, supervising or managing each Institution location within the City; (2) the address of every such Institution; (3) the average number of children housed at every such Institution; and (4) the average age groups of children housed in every such Institution categorized as: (i) birth to 2 years old; (ii) 3 to 8 years old; (iii) 9 to 12 years old; and (iv) 12 to 18 years old.
Each Institution shall provide such other information as reasonably requested by the Departments to enable them to effectively carry out their duties provided for in this Chapter. Provided, however, that no Institution shall be required to provide information in violation of either a governing contract with a state or federal government agency, or that is required or permitted to be withheld from disclosure by state or federal laws applicable to such Institution. The City shall adhere to any confidentiality requirements imposed by state or federal law applicable to information provided by an Institution.

4-76-030 Inspection.
Upon receiving from an Institution the notice provided for in Section 4-76-020, the Departments shall establish and carry out a coordinated inspection sche...

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