Lake County, CA Home Business: Home Daycare (2026)

3(r)(1). Smaller in-home care (six or fewer children) falls outside this permit trigger; care for more than twelve children is instead classified as a "nursery school" use. Once permitted, the operator must fence all outdoor play areas to a minimum of four feet, with six-foot solid fencing required on any property line abutting a residential use next door (Sec. 3(r)(2)). daily (Sec. 3(r)(3)). The parcel must front a paved road at least eighteen feet wide (Sec. 3(r)(4)), and the site must provide two on-site parking spaces dedicated to drop-off and pick-up, separate from the home's normal parking, ideally as a drive-through loop or on-site turnaround (Sec.

3(r)(5)). Fire protection requires at least one fire extinguisher and one smoke detector in good working order, plus compliance with State Fire Marshal standards on exits and on which floors care may be provided (Sec. 3(r)(6)). 2(b) (Sec. 3(r)(7)(i)-(ii)). If no appeal or hearing request is filed with the Planning Department within ten calendar days of mailing, the Zoning Administrator issues the minor use permit without a hearing; if an appeal is filed, the Planning Director schedules a public hearing before the Zoning Administrator, and any appeal must carry the fee set by the Board of Supervisors (Sec. 3(r)(7)(iii)-(v)).