New Braunfels, TX Home Business: Home Daycare (2026)

Family home (child care in place of residence) means a facility that regularly provides care in the caretaker's own residence for not more than six children under 14 years of age, excluding the caretaker's own children, and that provides care after school hours for not more than six additional elementary school siblings of the other children given care. However, the number of children, including the caretaker's own, provided care at such facility shall not exceed 12 at any given time. No outside employment is allowed at the facility. This facility shall conform to V.T.C.A., Human Resources Code ch. 42, as amended, and in accordance with such standards as may be promulgated by the Texas Department of Human Resources.

FCC shall mean the Federal Communications Commission.

Fence means a tangible enclosure or barrier generally erected to provide a boundary or separation of properties.

Floodplain means an area of land that is subject to a one-percent or greater chance of flooding in any given year, based on developed conditions existing as of the date a development application is accepted for filing, and not based on projected or anticipated future build-out for a watershed.

Food or grocery store means a store having 10,000 square feet or more of floor area devoted principally to the sale of food and household goods which usually includes a bakery and meat market.

Frontage means the lineal distance measured along all abutting street rights-of-way.