Aurora, IL Home Business: Home Daycare (2026)
Key Facts
- Max children
- 8 under age 12
- District status
- Permitted use, all residential zones
- State licensing
- Required per Illinois standards
- Governing code
- Aurora Code of Ordinances § 49-107.3(b)
Summary
Aurora, Illinois allows licensed babysitting and day care homes as a permitted home occupation in every residential district, capped at 8 children under 12 including the operator's own kids.
Babysitting services, day care homes, and part-day care facilities/services, as defined by the Illinois Revised Statutes, shall comply with the standards of the State, take a maximum number of eight (8) children under the age of twelve (12), which includes the natural or adopted children of the persons operating the babysitting service or day care home. This subsection shall not be construed to permit a day care center, child care institution, day care agency, group home, or child welfare agency, as defined in the Illinois Revised Statutes.
Full Breakdown
Under the Home Occupation Regulations in Kane County-seat Aurora's zoning code, babysitting services, day care homes, and part-day child care facilities/services must comply with Illinois state child-care standards and may serve a maximum of eight children under age 12, counting the operator's own natural or adopted children. Operation is confined to the home with only limited, supervised outdoor activity, and the rule does not authorize a full day care center, child care institution, day care agency, group home, or child welfare agency as those are separately defined under Illinois law. The Table of Permitted Home Occupations lists babysitting/day care homes as a permitted (P) use in the E, R-1, R-2, R-3, R-4, R-4A, R-5, and R-5A residential districts citywide, regardless of which of Aurora's four counties (Kane, DuPage, Will, or Kendall) the property sits in.
Violations & Fines
Zoning enforcement can cite an operator who exceeds the 8-child cap, lacks the required State of Illinois child-care license, or runs a day care center-level operation from a home lot as an unpermitted use.
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