A Davenport day care home must hold a state license or registration, keep the exterior looking like a single-family dwelling, cap enrollment at six children or adults in care at once, use no signs, and have no outside employees.
Davenport regulates day care homes as a principal residential use under Zoning Ordinance Sec. 17.08, not as a home occupation. Each day care must have a state license and/or registration through Iowa HHS (Iowa Code Ch. 237A). The exterior must maintain its original appearance as a single-family dwelling, no visitor or client parking may sit in the front yard, and no signs are permitted. Day care homes are limited to a maximum of six children or adults in care at any one time and may not have outside, non-resident employees. Larger operations must qualify as a day care center, a separate zoning use.
Operating a home day care without the required state license or registration, or exceeding the six-person limit, is enforced as a municipal infraction by Development and Neighborhood Services, alongside state child-care enforcement.
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