Flint, MI Home Business: Home Daycare (2026)
Key Facts
- Facility size covered
- six or fewer persons
- Zoning status
- permitted use, all residential zones
- No extra permit
- no special/conditional use required
- Spacing limit
- 1,500 feet between facilities
Summary
State-licensed family day care and similar homes serving six or fewer people are a permitted residential use in every Flint residential zone, with no special or conditional use permit required, per § 50-90.1.
A “state-licensed residential facility,” as defined by Act 28 of the Public Acts of 1977, being MSA § 5.2933(2), as amended, which provides supervision or care or both to six or less persons, shall be considered a residential use of property for the purposes of this chapter. It shall be a permitted use in all residential zones, including those for single-family dwellings and shall not be subject to special use or conditional use permits or procedure different from those required for other dwellings of similar density in the same zone; provided, that such uses, with the exception of “foster family homes,” as defined in Act 116 of the Public Acts of 1973, being MCLA §§ 722.111 through 722.128, and MSA § 25.358(11), as amended, as prohibited, within a 1,500 foot radius of each other. And provided further, that the facilities which provide the care to more than six persons and are otherwise permitted in any residential district are also prohibited within a 1,500 foot radius of each other. (Ord. 2046, passed 4-11-1968; Ord. 2690, passed 2-12-1979)
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: 2016 Code: Local legislation current through Ordinance 3821, passed 3-1-2012).
Full Breakdown
Under § 50-90.1, a "state-licensed residential facility" serving six or fewer persons, a category that covers a licensed family day care home, counts as a residential use in the City of Flint and is permitted outright in any residential zone, including single-family districts, without a special use or conditional use permit or any procedure different from other dwellings of similar density. The ordinance carries one locational limit: except for licensed foster family homes, these facilities (and larger ones serving more than six, where otherwise permitted) cannot locate within 1,500 feet of another such facility, preventing clustering of group homes and day care homes in one neighborhood.
Violations & Fines
Denying a qualifying state-licensed home day care the same by-right residential treatment other dwellings get, or operating two such facilities within 1,500 feet of each other, violates § 50-90.1.
Frequently Asked Questions
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