Brooklyn Park, MN Home Business: Home Daycare (2026)
Key Facts
- Accessory-use cap
- 12 or fewer persons
- Permitted districts
- UR, R-1, R-2, R-3, R-4
- Not permitted
- R-5 district
- Structure requirement
- Single-family structures only
- Licensing trigger
- State of Minnesota license required
- Max civil penalty
- $2,000 per § 37.03(B)
Summary
In the City of Brooklyn Park, a home day care serving 12 or fewer people is a permitted accessory use under Table 152.507.2 in the UR, R-1, R-2, R-3 and R-4 residential districts, but it is not permitted in R-5. Section 152.901(B) further limits the use to single-family structures, so townhomes, duplexes and apartments cannot host one.
Accessory Use UR R-1 R-2 R-3 R-4 R-5 ... Day care facility (12 or fewer persons)* P P P P P NP ... (B) Day care (12 or fewer persons). Permitted only within single family structures.
Full Breakdown
901(C). The table marks the use 'P' (permitted) in the Urban Reserve, R-1, R-2, R-3 and R-4 residential districts, but 'NP' (not permitted) in R-5, the city's highest-density residential district. 901(B) layers an additional, tighter limit on top of the table: a day care of 12 or fewer persons is 'permitted only within single family structures,' so even in a district where the table says 'P,' the operator must be running the program out of a detached single-family home, not a townhouse unit or duplex half.
The city's definitions section describes a day care facility as one 'licensed by the State of Minnesota in which care is provided for children or adults,' meaning state licensing is the threshold that triggers this zoning classification. 1, not as an accessory use inside a single-family home.
Violations & Fines
A day care sited in a district marked 'NP,' run out of a duplex or townhouse rather than a single-family structure, or exceeding the 12-person accessory-use cap without the correct principal-use classification is a zoning violation. Brooklyn Park enforces code violations through Chapter 37's administrative citation program: a civil penalty of up to $2,000 per § 37.03(B), with each day of continued violation a separate offense, and 14 days to pay or request a hearing under § 37.04(B).
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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