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8• A " The key provisions of the amendment include the following: • Updated definitions of "child day care facility," "child day care center," "child day care home," and "family child day care home" (small and large) to provide consistency with State regulations and to distinguish child day care from other kinds of day care (such as adult day care) that are common today. • A new Article 39 is proposed for Child Day Care Facilities, to outline the basic criteria and review processes for child day care centers and family child day care homes. These standards are relocated from the present definitions, which should be limited to defining those terms. • While most of the basic criteria and review processes remain the same, provisions for "large family child day care homes" are revised (new subsection 39.3(B)(7)) to delete requirements for public notice and hearing for these homes (with 7 -12 children). Also, an existing highly subjective provision requiring that the "facility shall be operated in a manner which will not adversely affect adjoining residences and not be detrimental to the health, safety and welfare of the neighborhood" is proposed to be deleted. • Specific provisions in the applicable residential and nonresidential zoning districts, outlining permitted, accessory, and conditional uses, are modified to reflect the revised terminology (usually adding the word "child" and sometimes reference to Section 39.3). Staff believes that these amendments respond to the need to provide for child care facilities in the City, better align the Zoning Ordinance with State law requirements for care facilities, and meets the intent of the original City Council policy on child care facilities. These amendments clarify definitions and uses allowed in each residential and nonresidential district, and relocate the basic standards and review process provisions to a new Article 39. The discretionary review and public hearing process for large family child day care homes would be replaced by a ministerial review process subject to complying with the standards of Section 39.3. GENERAL PLAN CONFORMANCE The proposed Zoning Ordinance amendments are consistent with General Plan land uses and policies. All of the proposed changes allow uses that are already permitted by the General Plan. Revisions instead provide for clarification and specification regarding what types of uses are allowed, and the standards that guide their development. In addition, the theater use for downtown has been addressed in the Environmental Impact Report for the Downtown Cinema Project, and has been determined to be consistent with current General Plan land use designations. 0