Paterson, NJ Home Business: Home Daycare (2026)

Paterson's Land Development Ordinance treats an in-home family day care, defined elsewhere in the code as a private residence approved by the state's Division of Youth and Family Services, serving 3 to 5 children for at least 15 hours a week, as an accessory use automatically allowed inside a dwelling in every residential zone, with no separate zoning approval beyond meeting the lot, yard and other standards that already apply to a one-family home there. This is Article V of Chapter 483, certified as adopted by the City Council on February 9, 2016; confirm no later amendment with the City Clerk's office before relying on it for enforcement.