Child care centers shall be permitted with an applicable license from the state, which shall be furnished to the Borough.

Conform to lot size, building size, setbacks and lot coverage standards applicable to the zoning district in which the facility is located.

Parking shall be provided at the rate of one space per each staff member plus one drop-off/pick-up space per staff member.

A minimum of 15 square feet of outdoor play area per child per play shift shall be provided. Play areas shall be permitted in the rear and side yards only and shall be enclosed by a fence at least four feet in height and landscaped and screened from adjoining properties.

The proposed outdoor area shall be designed with sufficient dimensions and orientation to enable its conversion to a parking area which would serve the building if it were occupied for an alternative permitted use. An applicant for a day-care facility shall be required to submit a sketch layout indicating the prospective conversion of play area to a parking use, including the location of access aisles, stall dimensions, location of parking spaces and provisions of an area for perimeter landscaping, as provided by ordinance.

A child-care facility may be permitted to occupy an entire building or a portion of an existing building which is partially occupied by other uses, irrespective of any other ordinance limitations on the number of principal permitted uses allowed on a lot.

The floor area occupied by a child-care center in any building for which the child-care center is an accessory use to a principal use shall be excluded in calculating any parking requirement otherwise applicable to that amount of floor space and shall be excluded from the permitted floor area ratio allowable for that building.