Buckeye, AZ Home Business: Home Daycare (2026)
Key Facts
- Occupant cap
- 5 or fewer children/adults
- Cap includes
- Non-household children and adults
- Above cap
- Not a permitted home occupation
- Zoning basis
- Development Code § 3.3.4.C.4
Summary
Buckeye zoning bars home-based day care from qualifying as a home occupation once it serves more than five children or adults who don't live in the household.
The following uses, because of their impacts on the surrounding residential area, are not permitted as home occupations: auto repair or motorized implement repair; dance, music, or other types of instruction (if more than four students are being instructed at one time); day care (if providing care and supervision for more than five children or adults not residing in the household)
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 22 Update 1).
Full Breakdown
Buckeye's Development Code lists day care among the uses barred from operating as a home occupation once it exceeds a set size: care and supervision for more than five children or adults not residing in the household is prohibited under Article 3, Section 3.3.4.C.4. Smaller in-home child care can therefore qualify as an accessory home occupation, subject to the size, employee, and traffic standards that apply to all home occupations in the city's Residential and Mixed-Use zoning districts. Anything larger falls outside the home-occupation category and must instead meet the Development Code's separate day care use standards.
Violations & Fines
Operating an unlicensed home day care above the five-person cap is a zoning violation; the City can cite it as an unpermitted home occupation and order it stopped or relocated.
Frequently Asked Questions
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