New Haven, CT Home Business: Home Daycare (2026)

Table 1 of Section 20 and the individual district texts, for example Section 11(b)(1)c for RS-1, list Family daycare home, Group daycare home and Child daycare center as permitted as-of-right uses in every residence district from RS-1 through RO, with no special exception or variance required. The only added condition applies to child daycare centers, which meeting all licensing standards of the State Department of Health Services must provide one passenger drop-off/pick-up loading space for each 24 children or fraction thereof and one off-street parking space for each three employees. All noise and other disturbing aspects of the use must be enclosed, screened, or otherwise controlled.