Blue Hill, NE Home Business: Home Daycare (2026)

3. Under subsection b, the list of Particular Home Occupations permitted includes, as item ix, Day nurseries or babysitters caring for less than five unrelated children, meaning a resident can watch up to four children from other families in the home without triggering the prohibited-use list, so long as the operation still satisfies the general home occupation limits in subsection a, such as no outdoor storage, no more than two outside employees, and no alteration that changes the residence's character. Once the count reaches five or more unrelated children, the activity becomes a Group daycare center under subsection c, item ii, and that use is barred from operating as a home occupation unless specifically permitted by the district regulations. 3 once it serves thirteen or more children.