Mount Prospect, IL Home Business: Home Daycare (2026)
Key Facts
- Table 1 status
- Permitted (P) in R-X, R-1, R-A, R-2, R-3 and R-4
- C-R district
- Blank in Table 1, so not permitted
- Children served
- More than three, up to a maximum of twelve
- Counted toward twelve
- Family's own children and all other persons under twelve
- Daycare center
- Conditional use (C) in R-X, R-1, R-A, R-2, R-3
- Hours of care
- Less than twenty four hours per day
Summary
In the Village of Mount Prospect, a daycare home is a permitted use, marked P in Land Use Table 1 of § 14.604, in the R-X, R-1, R-A, R-2, R-3 and R-4 districts. It needs no conditional use hearing. The definition in § 14.2401 caps a daycare home at twelve children, and the C-R district cell is blank, so the use is not permitted there.
For the following two (2) tables, permitted uses shall be identified by a "P" and conditional uses shall be identified by a "C". If a space is left blank the use is not permitted in the respective zoning district. LAND USE TABLE 1 RESIDENTIAL AND RECREATIONAL ZONING DISTRICTS Land Use C-R R-X R-1 R-A R-2 R-3 R-4 Land Use C-R R-X R-1 R-A R-2 R-3 R-4 ... Daycare home P P P P P P
Full Breakdown
Land Use Table 1 in § 14.604 governs the C-R, R-X, R-1, R-A, R-2, R-3 and R-4 districts, and the key printed above it is short: a P is a permitted use, a C is a conditional use, and a blank space means the use is not permitted in that district. The Daycare home row prints a P under R-X, R-1, R-A, R-2, R-3 and R-4 and leaves C-R blank. The zoning chapter therefore asks a qualifying family for no public hearing and no Village Board ordinance.
The definition in § 14.2401 sets the boundary. A daycare home is a family home that receives more than three and up to a maximum of twelve children for less than twenty four hours per day, provided the mix of the children's ages does not require an assistant under the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services' licensing standards for daycare homes. The twelve includes the family's natural, foster or adopted children and all other persons under the age of twelve. A family home is the location where the person to be licensed as the primary caregiver in the daycare home resides and is domiciled, so the definition ties the use to the caregiver's own residence.
A larger operation is a different use. The code defines a daycare center as a nonfamily home that regularly provides daycare for less than twenty four hours per day for more than three children, and Table 1 marks Daycare center with a C under R-X, R-1, R-A, R-2 and R-3. Conditional uses in the Village of Mount Prospect go to the planning and zoning commission for a public hearing and then to the Village Board for a decision under § 14.203 F. Both the daycare home and daycare center definitions add that the operation must meet all applicable Village, County and State regulations, so the zoning approval sits on top of the licensing rules, not in place of them.
Violations & Fines
Sections 14.604 and 14.2401 print no fine for a daycare home. The limits sit in the definition: more than twelve children, or an age mix that requires an assistant under the DCFS licensing standards, falls outside the daycare home that the P in Table 1 covers. Each daycare home must also meet all applicable Village, County and State regulations, which the definition makes a condition of the use itself.
Frequently Asked Questions
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