Cedar Park follows Texas Human Resources Code Chapter 42 for in-home childcare. State law requires listing (1-3 children), registration (4-12), or licensing (13+) with DFPS and treats family homes as residential use for zoning purposes.
Under Tex. Human Resources Code §42.052, a family home that provides care for compensation must either list with DFPS (3 or fewer unrelated children) or register with DFPS (4 to 12 children counting the caregiver's own preschool children). Larger group day-care homes (capacity 7-12 with two caregivers) and child-care centers (13+) require a state license. Tex. Human Resources Code §42.044 and city practice treat licensed/registered/listed family homes as a residential use for zoning purposes, meaning Cedar Park cannot exclude a properly registered family home from a residential district. The Cedar Park home-occupation standards (Art. 11.05) - including the 3 customer trip per 24-hour limit - are interpreted in light of state child-care law, which contemplates routine drop-off/pick-up traffic. Operators must comply with DFPS minimum standards (40 Tex. Admin. Code Ch. 745, 747, 749) including background checks, safe sleep, immunizations, and fire safety. Smoke alarms and a working fire extinguisher are required by §42.044 and the IFC adopted in Chapter 3 of the city code.
Operating an unregistered family home over the 3-child threshold is a violation of Tex. Human Resources Code §42.041 - a Class B misdemeanor for first offense and a state jail felony for second offense. Cedar Park can cite zoning violations (other than the residential use itself) at up to $2,000 per day under §1.01.009. Fire code violations are abatable by the Fire Marshal.
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