Jurupa Valley, CA Home Business: Home Daycare (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing Law
- California Health and Safety Code Sec. 1597.45
- Zoning Status
- Residential use by right; no local zoning permit may be required
- Local Fees
- City may not impose business license, fee, or tax
- City Code Carve-Out
- Family daycare excluded from home occupation employee limits (Sec. 9.10.630)
- Assistants Allowed
- Large family daycare: up to 2; small family daycare: 1
Summary
California law makes small and large family daycare homes a residential use by right, so Jurupa Valley cannot require a special zoning permit or impose a business license, fee, or tax on them. The City's home occupation code expressly carves out family daycare, allowing the state-permitted assistants in addition to the resident provider.
The use of a home as a small or large family daycare home shall be considered a residential use of property and a use by right for the purposes of all local ordinances, including, but not limited to, zoning ordinances. ... A local jurisdiction shall not impose a business license, fee, or tax for the privilege of operating a small or large family daycare home. ... Except for large family day care homes which may require two (2) assistants and small family day care homes which may require one assistant to be present in addition to the licensee or provider, no person other than a resident of the dwelling shall be employed on the premises in the conduct of a home occupation.
Full Breakdown
45(a) provides that the use of a home as a small or large family daycare home shall be considered a residential use of property and a use by right for purposes of all local ordinances, including zoning ordinances, and subdivision (b) prohibits a local jurisdiction from imposing a business license, fee, or tax for the privilege of operating a small or large family daycare home. Providers are licensed by the California Department of Social Services rather than the City. 630 note that no employees other than the resident are permitted in a home occupation except in family daycare businesses, and the code text allows large family daycare homes up to two assistants and small family daycare homes one assistant in addition to the licensee or provider.
The City's pending home occupation ordinance (ZCA 24004) likewise excludes small and large family daycare homes from the definition of home occupations, leaving them regulated by state law.
Violations & Fines
Because state law preempts local restrictions, the primary compliance obligation is holding a valid family child care home license from the California Department of Social Services. Operating an unlicensed family daycare, or exceeding licensed capacity, is enforced by the state licensing agency rather than through Jurupa Valley's home occupation code.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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