Plymouth, MN Home Business: Home Daycare (2026)

Section 21360.05, Subd. 6 of the Plymouth City Code lists 'Day care facilities licensed under Minnesota Rules, parts 9502.0300 to 9502.0445 serving 14 or fewer persons in a residential dwelling unit' as a permitted accessory use in the RSF-2, Single Family Detached Dwelling District 2, alongside home occupations, keeping of animals, and fences. The identical 14-or-fewer, in-dwelling threshold appears verbatim in the City's FRD, Future Restricted Development District under § 21350.05, Subd. 6, so a Minnesota Department of Human Services-licensed family child care home anywhere in Plymouth's single-family zoning falls outside the conditional use process as long as it operates inside the residence and stays at or under that headcount.

Once a day care moves out of the residential dwelling, it converts to a conditional use: § 21360.07, Subd. 2 requires a conditional use permit and compliance with the general day care standards of Section 21150, which the City adopted to establish standards and procedures under which day care facilities can be conducted within the City without jeopardizing the health, safety, and general welfare of participants and the surrounding neighborhood. Those standards under § 21150.04 require municipal or adequate private sewer and water service, screening of any outdoor play area that abuts a commercial or industrial use, right-of-way, or zone per the fencing rules of § 21130.03, off-street parking calculated separately from the facility's other principal use per Section 21135, code-compliant signage under Section 21155, and ongoing compliance with State of Minnesota Department of Human Services licensing.