Greece, NY Home Business: Home Daycare (2026)

Section 211-11B of Greece's Zoning Code, covering the R1-44, R1-18, R1-10 and R1-E Single-Family Residential Districts, lists permitted accessory uses that may accompany a single-family home, and Subsection B(11) simply names 'In-home day care' among them, meaning it does not require a special permit from the Town Board or Board of Zoning Appeals the way a 'major home occupation' does. The chapter's definitions section, § 211-5, spells out what qualifies: IN-HOME DAY CARE is a dwelling unit authorized under the rules and regulations of the New York State Department of Social Services to provide instruction, supervision or care for children who don't customarily live there.

That is distinct from a DAY-CARE CENTER, a separate facility use authorized the same way but treated as its own principal or accessory use in commercial and institutional districts such as the CHC Central Health Care District, where day-care centers must provide one parking space for every six persons on the premises. Because § 211-11B(1) says accessory buildings, structures and uses aren't permitted on a lot without a single-family home, an in-home day care can only run out of an owner-occupied single-family dwelling, not a standalone building or a rental unit lacking that principal use.

The Town's Director of Planning and Economic Development and Building Inspector administer the chapter, and any structural changes to accommodate the use still need the applicable building permits.