Coconut Creek, FL Home Business: Home Daycare (2026)

Section 13-333(b) lists the permitted uses in the RS-1 residential single-family detached district, and item (8) is Family day care home. The same use appears as a permitted use in the A-1 agricultural district (§ 13-332(b)(11)) and the RM-10 residential multiple-family district (§ 13-338(b)(5)). In RS-1 the special land use line under subsection (c)(1) reads Reserved, so the home needs no special land use hearing before the City Commission.

The definition in § 13-295 sets the boundaries. A family day care home is 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, whether or not operated for profit. Household children under thirteen years of age, when on the premises or on a field trip with children enrolled in child care, count toward the overall capacity of the licensed home. The specific capacity restrictions of F.S. § 402.302(8) apply, and the city cites that statute rather than setting its own headcount.

A family day care home is separate from a child care facility, which § 13-295 defines by care for more than five children unrelated to the operator. A facility of that kind is a special land use where the zoning code lists it, and the RS-1 permitted use list does not include it.

The local business tax receipt schedule in § 18-37 lists DAYCARE HOME, up to 6 children, at $57.87 under the children's day care category, which itself notes that a county health permit is required. RS-1 lots must be at least one acre with 150 feet of width under § 13-333(d), so the district that permits the home is also the district with the largest lots.