South Fulton Zoning Ordinance regulates Family Day Care Homes (Sec. 303.08) as a special accessory use: prohibited in multifamily units, with a 1,000-foot separation from any other such use, limited hours, required outdoor play areas, and a current Georgia DECAL Family Child Care Learning Home license filed with the business license.
Home daycare in South Fulton is regulated as a "Family Day Care Home (Family Child Care Learning Home)" under the city's Zoning Ordinance (Sec. 303.08, cross-referenced from the home occupation section). Specific standards: "Family day care homes are prohibited within multifamily dwelling units"; they "shall provide outdoor play areas as required by Georgia law," limited to side or rear yards outside the minimum yard area and not adjoining a street; and each "shall be located at least 1,000 feet in all directions from any other such use operated as a home occupation." Hours of operation are limited to "Monday through Saturday from 6:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m." Critically, the operator "shall have a current, certified copy of the operator's Georgia Department of Early Care and Learning's license for a Family Child Care Learning Home, which shall be filed with the business license application and renewals" — so the city ties its approval to the state DECAL license. As a home occupation, a family day care home may also have up to six clients on the premises at one time (an exception to the general two-client home-occupation cap in Sec. 303.11(i)). South Fulton defers the substantive child-care licensing and staffing standards to Georgia's Department of Early Care and Learning (DECAL) while layering its own zoning controls (location, separation, hours, outdoor play). Operators should confirm current DECAL license requirements and the city's business-license filing steps with the Department of Community Development and Regulatory Affairs and the Business License Department.
Operating a family day care home without the required DECAL license on file, within a multifamily unit, too close to another such use, or outside permitted hours violates Sec. 303.08 and is subject to code enforcement (and state DECAL action). Confirm current penalty amounts with the city.
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