Eastvale, CA Building Safety: Childcare Center Rules (2026)

Sec. 010's glossary defines a "day care center" as "a day care facility other than a family day care home, including infant centers, preschools, and extended day care facilities," distinguishing it from home-based family day care regulated elsewhere in the code. 3-1, the use matrix for commercial, business park, industrial and special purpose zones referenced in Sec. 030, lists "Day care centers" as a permitted (P) use, meaning no conditional use permit is required, in the C-1/C-P, C-P-S, C-O, I-P, M-SC, M-M and M-H zones, covering the city's full range of commercial and industrial districts.

Because the use is listed "P" rather than "C," Sec. 030(b)(1) applies: the operator only needs to comply with applicable development standards and the development review process, not seek discretionary planning commission approval. Parking is set separately under Sec. 060's off-street parking table: "Day care centers, including nurseries and preschools" must provide one space per 500 square feet of gross floor area, with an allowance to cut that count by two spaces if the facility keeps a school bus on-site for pickups and drop-offs. 02 before opening, on top of the state's separate licensing and building/fire code requirements.

The distinction matters for site selection: an operator who wants to run care out of a single-family home instead falls under the separate large or small family day care home rules in Sec. 050(6), not this commercial-use table.