Pico Rivera, CA Home Business: Home Daycare (2026)

Section 18.22.110, Family Day Care Homes, sits in the Zoning Code's Supplemental Use Regulations chapter alongside home occupations and other accessory residential activities. It confirms that a small or large family day care home operated under State law standards and located in a residentially zoned area counts as a residential use of the property, not a commercial one. That classification means the City cannot require the operator to hold a business license, pay a business license fee, or pay a tax simply for running the day care out of the home.

The section also bars the City from imposing extra development standards on a day care property: restrictions on building height, setback, or lot dimensions must be identical to whatever applies to every other residence carrying the same zoning designation, so a day care home cannot be pushed into larger setbacks or lower height limits than its neighbors. Subsection B then folds in State oversight, requiring family day care homes to be developed in compliance with Chapter 3.6, Family Day Care Homes, of the California Health and Safety Code, which is where licensing capacity limits, staffing ratios, and safety inspections actually live.

In practice, a Pico Rivera resident opening a State-licensed small or large family day care home in a house or apartment in a residential zone does not need a Zoning Code entitlement from the City; the State license is what a prospective operator obtains before opening, and Community and Economic Development staff apply the zoning parity language only if a dispute arises over setbacks or height.