Chino, CA Building Safety: Childcare Center Rules (2026)
Key Facts
- Pool fence
- 5 ft, non-climbable, self-latching gates
- Play area fence
- 5 ft minimum height
- Right-of-way setback
- 10 feet minimum
- Play area size
- 75 sq ft per child
Summary
Chino requires child day care centers to fence pools at five feet non-climbable, fence outside play areas at five feet, and keep play areas ten feet from public rights-of-way.
C.General standards that apply to all child day care facilities.3.Any swimming pool, pond, wading pools, or similar bodies of water greater than eighteen inches in depth shall be fully enclosed by a minimum five-foot-high non-climbable fence...E.Child day care centers.3.Outside play areas shall have a minimum fence height of five feet.4.Outside play areas shall be located a minimum of ten feet from public rights-of-way.5.Outside play areas shall be a minimum of seventy-five square feet per child, excluding infants.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 38).
Full Breakdown
Chino Municipal Code § 20.21.090(C)(3) requires any pool, pond or similar water body deeper than eighteen inches at a child day care facility to be fully enclosed by a five-foot, non-climbable fence with self-closing, self-latching gates. For child day care centers specifically, subsection E(3)-(5) sets a five-foot minimum fence height for outside play areas, a ten-foot setback from public rights-of-way, and a minimum of seventy-five square feet of play area per child (excluding infants). Adopted by Ord. 2010-05, § 1(exh. A), 2010; amended by Ord. 2023-001, § 6, 2023.
Violations & Fines
Operating a child day care center without the required pool fencing, play-area fencing, setback, or per-child play area triggers code enforcement action.
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