New Port Richey, FL Home Business: Home Daycare (2026)
Key Facts
- Rule type
- General home-based business ordinance
- Staff
- Up to 2 non-resident employees on-site
- Character
- Must stay secondary, residential in appearance
- Licensing
- City occupational license required
Summary
New Port Richey has no daycare-specific zoning code; a home-based family child care operation instead falls under the city's general home-based business standards on residency, parking, and licensing.
A home-based business shall be allowed in a residential property zoned for residential use subject to the requirements in this section. ... The activities of the home-based business shall be secondary or clearly incidental and subordinate to the property's use as a residential dwelling, and shall not change the residential character of the structure. ... A home-based business shall be subject to all applicable city occupational licensing requirements, fees, and other business taxes.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 68).
Full Breakdown
New Port Richey's Land Development Code doesn't carve out a separate family day care home use; a child care business run from a residence is instead regulated as a 'home-based business' under § 12.08.00, adopted Feb. 18, 2025. The activity must stay secondary and clearly incidental to the home's residential use and can't alter its residential character. Only employees who live in the dwelling may work on-site, apart from up to two additional non-resident employees or contractors. The operator must also carry all applicable city occupational licenses, fees, and other business taxes, on top of Florida's separate family day care home requirements.
Violations & Fines
Running a home daycare that changes the home's residential character, exceeds the two-non-resident-employee limit, or lacks the required city occupational license is a code violation subject to standard city code enforcement.
Frequently Asked Questions
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