Anchorage, AK Building Safety: Childcare Center Rules (2026)

001(F)(3) covers activities for which the ordinance requires inspection by, and permits and licenses from, the Anchorage Health Department, so a child care license is inseparable from health inspection. The four tiers turn entirely on how many children the facility cares for. 00. 00, which covers 9 to 20 children. 00, the top of the schedule. The same tiered scale governs plan review fees and license-change fees, so a facility that expands into a higher tier pays the higher rate for those services as well.

Habilitative Care and CCRC facilities are handled separately from ordinary child care: they pay a $200 annual permit plus a $500 application fee. On the enforcement side, the department's leverage is the license itself. It can withhold, suspend, or revoke the license or permit, and an operator running without one faces the penalties the ordinance sets for unpermitted operation, so an unlicensed facility risks both closure of its authorization and separate sanctions.