Blue Springs, MO Home Business: Home Daycare (2026)

Blue Springs' Unified Development Code treats the smallest tier of day care, 'Day Care, Limited' for one to four children, as a home-based use rather than a standalone business. Section 405.050(A)(8)(a) requires the limited day care be conducted in a dwelling unit that is the day care provider's own permanent residence, and it folds that use into the home occupation provisions at Section 405.060(A)(4). That cross-reference pulls in the full set of home occupation conditions: the activity must stay clearly incidental and secondary to the residential use, the provider or an owner/tenant of the residence must run it and live there, the outside appearance of the house cannot change, no exterior signage beyond what Chapter 501's Sign Code otherwise allows for the property is permitted, and the use cannot generate traffic, parking or utility demand beyond what is normal for a residential neighborhood.

Business activity, including any equipment storage, can occur inside the home, inside an accessory structure, or in the yard, but it cannot be visible from the street, and total employees and clients on site at once cannot exceed the residence's occupancy limit. Before a limited day care can open, Section 405.050(A)(8)(a) requires an Occupational License from the City; no separate conditional use permit is required at this smallest scale, unlike the general and commercial tiers.