Cape Coral, FL Home Business: Home Daycare (2026)

1. That stands in contrast to a larger "Day Care Facilities - Adult or Child" use, which the same table lists as a Conditional Use requiring Director-level review with public notice in most of those same districts, and to a "Community Residential Home - up to 6 residents," which is separately permitted by right in the same five districts. 2, defines a Family Day Care Home as "an occupied residence in which child care is regularly provided for children from at least two unrelated families and which receives a payment, fee, or grant for any of the children receiving care, whether or not operated for profit," and specifies that household children under 13 years old, whether on the premises or on a field trip with enrolled children, count toward the home's overall licensed capacity.

302), a Family Day Care Home must also carry the required state license to operate lawfully; the city's zoning table does not substitute for that licensing requirement. Parking is addressed separately in the city's parking standards, which assign day care center parking at a rate keyed to enrollment rather than the by-right zoning entry itself.