Winslow City Zoning Code

shall mean a commercial enterprise that provides care for five (5) or more nonresident minor children for compensation, and is licensed and monitored by the Arizona Department of Health Services, except for centers where children may come and go on their own, or where parents of all the children in care are on the premises during the time when care is being provided. "Child care group home" shall mean providing care for five (5) to ten (10) nonresident minor children for compensation in the caregiver’s home. The above count excludes resident children and children in foster care in the legal custody of the home owner(s). Child care group homes are required by the Arizona Department of Health Services to have one (1) staff member for one (1) to five (5) children, two (2) staff members for six (6) to ten (10) children, and shall be certified and monitored.

shall mean providing child care for four (4) or fewer nonresident minor children in the caregiver’s home for compensation. The above count excludes resident children and children in foster care in the legal custody of the home owner(s). This classification shall include four (4) types of home child care recognized by the State of Arizona: Department of Economic Security (DES) certified family child care homes; alternative approval child care homes; registered child care homes; and unregulated child care homes.

shall mean a business use customarily conducted entirely within a dwelling and/or fully enclosed accessory structure(s) on the premises and operated by the residents living in the dwelling. The use is clearly incidental and secondary to the use of the dwelling structure for dwelling purposes and/or accessory structure(s) for uses commonly associated with residential accesssory structures, including garages and tool/garden sheds; does not change the residential character of the dwelling, accessory use, or neighborhood, and does not adversely affect the uses permitted in the zoning district in which the dwelling is located.

shall mean an administratively issued permit that is required to allow the establishment and operation of a permitted home occupation use. The zoning administrator or his/her designee shall be responsible for the issuance, review, and termination of home occupation permits.

shall mean the hiring of an outside caregiver to provide child care in the home of the resident child or any number of resident children and is also known as babysitting.