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center." She stated that she felt it was important that this comes before the Commission because she believes that Club Sport states it is offering a childcare center and that it is within the 300-foot radius as outlined in the ordinance. Commissioner Blank told Commissioner Fox that she continues to state, "the letter says children are limited to four hours or less per week" but continues to leave out the phrase, "when their parents are not on site." He asked Commissioner Fox if she agreed that the reference was for four hours per week only when parents are not on site. Commissioner Fox inquired what "on-site" means. Commissioner Blank replied that he felt children who are in childcare when parents are not on-site are limited to four hours or less per week. He added that in the materials Commissioner Fox brought, all Club Sport states is that it provides three hours a day only when parents are at the club. He noted that it appears to him that paragraph 2 does not apply in that context because parents are on-site. Commissioner Fox stated that the first paragraph of the October 18, 1999 letter reads: "In your letter, you state that you understand that children are limited to staying on your premises for 4 hours a week without their parents. This is correct as an interpretation of our Child Care Center Regulation, Section 101158(a)(10), in which you are permitted to having an exempt child day care program as long as it operates only one day perweek for no more than 4 hours on that one day." Commissioner Blank noted this is the four hours that parents can be off-site. Commissioner Fox stated, however, that all of the letters the City receives from various community care licensing representatives talk about 16 hours. Commissioner Blank suggested that the Commission only deal with the information the City has on the public record of the case. Commissioner Fox noted that her basic point is that Club Sport indicates it is a childcare center and it lists on its website that it has a childcare facility. Commissioner Blank stated that he is looking at how Club Sport represents itself from the materials Commissioner Fox has presented to the Commission and noted that Club Sport only indicates that it provides three hours of complimentary child care. Commissioner Fox noted that the tenant improvement plan broadly referred the play area as the childcare center, and it references this on page 5 of the staff report. Commissioner Blank inquired what language should otherwise be used in areas where children can stay in for three hours, suggesting "childcare gathering place". Commissioner Fox noted that she is only trying to indicate that the City's ordinance says "childcare center." PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES, February 11, 2009 Page 7 of 13