Titusville, FL Building Safety: Childcare Center Rules (2026)

Under Titusville Code of Ordinances Sec. 302) are permitted with limitations in the Neighborhood Commercial, Community Commercial, Regional Commercial, Office Professional, Planned Industrial Development and Urban Mixed-Use districts, subject to conditional use review when sited on a local street or abutting single-family zoning or use. Before the City will issue a business tax receipt, the operator must first obtain a license from the Florida Agency for Healthcare Administration and any other permitting agency required by law. Facilities must provide a landscape buffer under Chapter 31, Article III, Division 10 on non-street property lines, and DMU-zoned facilities must landscape under the same division.

Every structure, playground and outdoor recreation area must be set back at least 50 feet from any abutting residential zoning district or residential use, except in mixed residential-commercial uses, and each facility must provide a passenger drop-off zone with clear ingress and egress. In the Indian River City-Commercial district the same license and 50-foot setback rules apply, plus the drop-off zone requirement. In the pure residential districts (Residential Estate, Rural Residential, R-1A, R-1B, R-1C, R-2, R-3, RMH-1, RMH-2), General Use, Downtown Mixed-Use subdistricts and Regional Mixed-Use 200/300, childcare facilities are allowed only as a conditional use requiring a public hearing, meeting the same siting standards. The section was last amended by Ord. No. 11-2026, Section 3, effective June 9, 2026.