Camarillo, CA Home Business: Home Daycare (2026)

Title 19 treats family day care the way state law requires: as a residential use, not a business needing discretionary zoning review. Sec. 020(I) lists "Day care, small family and large family" among the by-right permitted uses in the R-1 zone, alongside one-family dwellings and accessory structures; the same by-right treatment appears in the RPD residential planned development zone (Sec. 020(B)) and for residential units in the Camarillo Commons Mixed-Use zone (Sec. 136). The definitions in Sec. 78(b) and (c), so the state licensing categories, not a separate city headcount, set the size of an allowed home.

Because these uses are permitted outright, Sec. 020(A) exempts a small or large family day care from the home occupation permit that every other residential business in Camarillo must obtain, and Sec. 020(C)(1) carves large family day care out of the home occupation rule barring non-resident employees. Only a facility exceeding the state-defined large family day care size needs discretionary review: Sec. 030(D) puts "Day care facilities for more children than allowed" on the R-1 conditional use permit list, reviewed by the planning commission. For day cares that predate a zoning change, Sec.

118 lets a properly licensed large family day care facility already operating when the ordinance took effect keep operating, but the operator must apply for all applicable city approvals and licenses within ninety days of the ordinance's effective date.