Davie, FL Home Business: Home Daycare (2026)
Key Facts
- Max children (preschool mix)
- 10 total, 5 preschool max
- School-age only option
- Up to 7 children
- County license required
- Broward Ordinance No. 90-33
- Governing section
- Davie Code § 12-34(J)
Summary
Town of Davie Code Section 12-34(J) caps a family day care home at ten children total, with no more than five preschool-age kids from outside the caregiver's family, and requires Broward County licensing above that threshold.
(J)Family day care homes.(1)A family day care home may care for a maximum of five (5) children under age five from more than one (1) unrelated family and a maximum of five (5) elementary school-age siblings of the preschool-age children in care after school hours. ...The total number of children in the home may not exceed ten (10) under this paragraph.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 75).
Full Breakdown
Section 12-34(J) of the Town of Davie Code sets tiered limits for family day care homes: up to five children under age five from outside the caregiver's own family, plus after-school siblings, with the total never exceeding ten children in the home; a caregiver serving more than these caps must instead be licensed as a full child care facility under Florida law. Every family day care home must also meet Broward County's own Family Day Care Home Licensing Ordinance (No. 90-33) and provide proof of county licensure before the town will issue the required home business tax receipt.
Violations & Fines
Caring for more children than the tiered caps allow without a state child care license, or operating without proof of Broward County family day care licensure, can void the home business tax receipt and draw code enforcement action.
Frequently Asked Questions
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