Quincy, MA Home Business: Home Daycare (2026)

Quincy's Zoning Ordinance names family child care homes and large family child care homes specifically as an accessory use, allowed 'as set forth in the Table of Use Regulations' referenced in § 3.2.2 of Chapter 375. That table (Appendix A to the chapter) sets the district-by-district permission code. Because Massachusetts state law (M.G.L. c. 40A, § 3) requires family day care homes to be treated as a residential use as of right, Quincy's ordinance does not impose a separate special-permit hurdle for the small in-home version: it's the large-scale, non-family accessory uses like adult day care that need a Zoning Board of Appeals special permit instead.