Clinton Township, MI Home Business: Home Daycare (2026)
Key Facts
- Minimum spacing
- 1,500 feet from similar licensed facilities
- Fence required
- 4-ft, fully enclosed perimeter fencing
- Max daily operating hours
- 16 hours per 24-hour period
- Drop-off/pick-up curfew
- None between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m.
- Parking
- 1 space/2 occupants plus 1 per employee
Summary
Clinton Township allows a group daycare home in any residential district, but it must sit at least 1,500 feet from another licensed group daycare home or similar facility, install a four-foot fully enclosed fence, and stay within a 16-hour daily operating window.
(31) Group daycare home shall be permitted in any Residential District if it meets all of the following standards:
A. Is located not closer than 1,500 feet to another licensed group daycare home, adult foster care small group home or large group home licensed under P.A. 218 of 1979, M.C.L.A. 400.701 to 4737, a facility offering substance abuse treatment and rehabilitation services to seven or more people licensed under Art. 6 of the Public Health Code...
B. Has fully-closed (around perimeter of lot) minimum four-foot-high vinyl coated chain link fence with three quarter (3/4) inch openings or other approved vinyl fencing for the safety of children...
D. Does not exceed 16 hours of operation during a 24-hour period and does not allow for the pick up or drop off of children between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. or for children to be situated outside of the dwelling unit itself between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: 2026 S-25: Local legislation current through May 26, 2026).
Full Breakdown
01(a)(31) lists the standards a group daycare home must meet to operate in any Residential District. A. 218 of 1979, a licensed substance-abuse treatment facility serving seven or more people, or a community corrections center, resident home, or halfway house housing inmates under the Department of Corrections. The lot must have a fully closed, minimum four-foot-high vinyl-coated chain link fence with three-quarter-inch openings, or approved vinyl fencing, running the full perimeter, designed to prevent injury and climbing, and painted white, brown, green, beige, or black; homes licensed before Ordinance 260-A-441 took effect are grandfathered from the fencing rule.
The property must otherwise look consistent with the neighborhood's visible character. m. Signage is limited to one non-illuminated sign, in block or script black letters, occupying no more than 25% of a window and no larger than 18 by 24 inches. Parking must be a driveway or garage combination on-site, restricted to paved areas beyond the right-of-way, providing one space per two occupants (rounded up for an odd number) plus one additional space for every employee. The current standards were re-adopted under Ordinance 260-A-499, passed December 22, 2025.
Violations & Fines
Operating a group daycare home closer than 1,500 feet to another listed facility, without the required perimeter fence, beyond the 16-hour daily window, or with unpaved or insufficient parking violates Section 1153.01(a)(31) and can be cited as a municipal civil infraction under Section 212.11, carrying civil fines that increase for repeat or continuing violations.
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