Title
Amending Section A-703 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Special Certificate of Inspection," to require the issuance of special certificates of inspection for the occupancy of day care facilities, and to include day care facilities in the reporting requirements regarding special certificates of inspections, all under certain terms and conditions.
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THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA HEREBY ORDAINS:
SECTION 1. Section A-703 of The Philadelphia Code is amended as follows:
SECTION A-703 SPECIAL CERTIFICATE OF INSPECTION
A-703.1 Special occupancy requirement for structures in Group E occupancy: No structure in Group E occupancy, the Educational occupancy, as defined in Subcode "B" of Title 4, that is either owned or operated by an entity to which the City provides substantial funding or that is a day care facility, shall be occupied unless a current special certificate of inspection has been issued in connection with such structure.
[Exception: Day care facilities that are not part of a school are not regulated under this subsection.]
A-703.2 Issuance of special certificates of inspection: Special certificates of inspection shall be issued on the following basis:
1. A special certificate of inspection shall be valid for no more than a single one year period, between August 1 of a given year and July 31 of the following year;
2. For use at the start of such one year period on August 1, such special certificate must be obtained during the nine month period between November 1 and August 1 immediately preceding the beginning of the one year period;
3. A certificate obtained after the one year period has started on August 1 is valid only for the remainder of that one year period;
4. The Department shall not issue a special certificate of inspection unless the building has been inspected for fire, safety, electrical, lead paint, water quality and all other property-related hazards and:
A. the Commissioner of ...
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