McLean County, IL Building Safety: Childcare Center Rules (2026)

M(1)) and are allowed only in the zoning districts the table lists for that entry, subject to the standards below. ) and satisfy every County and State Health Department requirement covering facilities, equipment and other features before the Director of Building and Zoning will issue an occupancy permit. Second, traffic and safety: the site must provide an off-street loading zone sized for one car per 10 children cared for, in addition to the parking spaces the use table otherwise requires, so families can pick up and drop off without blocking the road.

Both standards apply on top of whatever special use or site plan review the center's district calls for in the use table at § 350-42; the Director of Building and Zoning administers permits and inspections under § 350-16, and the seven-member Zoning Board of Appeals hears appeals of enforcement decisions and variance requests under § 350-17. This chapter reaches only the unincorporated county under § 350-4; a day-care center inside Bloomington or Normal answers to that city's own zoning code instead, not this county chapter.