Springfield, OH Home Business: Home Daycare (2026)

Under Table 1104.03.1: Use Table in the Springfield Zoning Code, both Type A and Type B Family Child Care Homes are marked "C" in the city's residential use columns, which the Code's own symbology in Table 1104.02.1 defines as a use that requires a conditional use permit subject to the discretion of the Board of Zoning Appeals, and that may carry applicable use-specific standards on top of the Board's own conditions, with all conditional uses subject to every other applicable Zoning Code regulation. That means a family child care provider cannot simply open under an as-of-right home occupation permit in Springfield; the operator must first apply to the Board of Zoning Appeals for a conditional use permit specific to the Family Child Care Home use before Community Development will sign off on occupancy.

Springfield does not write its own capacity or staffing standard for these homes; instead § 1105.03(t)(1)-(2) defines Type A and Type B Family Child Care Home entirely by cross-reference to state law, as defined in Ohio R.C. Ch. 5104.01(UU) and (VV), so provider capacity and ages served turn on the Ohio licensing rules for each type rather than a Springfield-specific number. The parking column for both use rows in the Use Table reads "N/A," meaning the city sets no separate off-street parking ratio for a family child care home beyond what the residential district already requires for the dwelling.

Because the use sits in the conditional column rather than permitted-by-right or limited, the Board of Zoning Appeals can attach site-specific conditions or deny an application, and Community Development treats an unpermitted Family Child Care Home as an unauthorized use subject to zoning enforcement.