A 2016 Orange County ordinance requires newly opened child care facilities to install permanent vehicle impact barriers, but older daycares are exempt from the requirement.

The law is drawing renewed attention after a vehicle crashed into Tattle Tails Learning Center on North Pine Hills Road, injuring several children.

News 6 Investigator Troy Campbell found no permanent vehicle impact barriers outside the facility following the crash.

Orange County officials said the building at 1211 North Pine Hills Road has been a permitted child care facility since 2009. Despite changes in ownership and the facility’s name, the county said it is exempt from the barrier requirement because it operated before the ordinance took effect.

The ordinance, approved unanimously on May 24, 2016, was named after 4-year-old Lily Quintus, who was killed in 2014 when a vehicle crashed into her Orange County day care.

The law requires child care facilities opening on or after June 1, 2016, to install permanent vehicle impact barriers before receiving a certificate of occupancy.

The barriers must be at least 3 feet tall and spaced approximately 4 feet apart.

In 2016, Orange County made $10,000 grants available to eligible child care facilities to voluntarily install the barriers. However, about six months after the ordinance passed, the county said it had not received a single application.

Then-Orange County Mayor Teresa Jacobs said the ordinance was intended to prevent another child from dying in a similar crash.

The county now says code enforcement officers will determine whether vehicle impact barriers must be installed at Tattle Tails Learning Center before the facility can reopen.

The review could determine whether additional safety measures are required at the property despite its exemption under the original ordinance.