Hackensack, NJ Home Business: Home Daycare (2026)

C. , the state's Manual of Requirements for Family Day Care Registration. C. 1, a provider cannot care for more than five children at any one time, except that up to eight children total can be cared for if the three above the base five either reside with the provider and are under six years old, or reside with an alternate, substitute or assistant provider and receive care for no payment while that person is present. The local conditions layer on top of the state cap: the provider must ensure an adequate, safe outdoor play area is available adjacent to or within walking distance of the home, that a person at least 14 years old supervises any children using swimming or wading pools, and that any outdoor play area is screened by a five-foot-high fence or evergreen planted wall.

2C(9)(d) sets a location standard specific to Hackensack: no driveway serving the home can open onto a public street within 150 feet of an intersecting public street, measured from the intersection of the adjacent curblines. 2C(11) cross-reference family day care as a permitted use within that broader home-occupation framework.