Danbury, CT Home Business: Home Daycare (2026)
Key Facts
- Use status
- Permitted by right, no special permit
- Per-lot cap
- One family child care home per lot
- Cluster development
- One per house, not per lot
- Effective date
- May 30, 2025 amendment
Summary
Family child care homes are a permitted use by right in Danbury's single-family residential districts, but the Zoning Regulations cap it at one family child care operation per lot, or one per house inside an approved cluster development.
Family Child Care Home. [Eff. 05/30/2025] (1) Only one family child care per lot shall be permitted, except as part of a cluster development as provided for in Section 4.A.6. In this case, only one family child care per house shall be permitted.
Full Breakdown
Danbury's Zoning Regulations list a family child care home as a permitted use in the RA-8, RA-20, RA-40, and RA-80 single-family districts, so no special permit or exception hearing is required to operate one. Section 4.A.4.b limits the use to one family child care home per lot; inside a cluster development approved under Section 4.A.6, the limit becomes one family child care home per house instead of per lot, so a multi-house cluster can host more than one operation.
Violations & Fines
Operating more than the permitted number of family child care homes on a lot is a zoning violation the Zoning Enforcement Officer can act on, since the use exceeds what Section 4.A.4.b allows by right.
Frequently Asked Questions
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