Tazewell County, IL Home Business: Home Daycare (2026)

005 as a detached dwelling that receives more than four but no more than eight children for less than 24 hours a day, with the eight-child cap reduced by the operator's own children and any residents under 14. An operation caring only for children of a single family falls outside the definition entirely and is not regulated as a day care home. 072 lists 'Day care home' with an 'S' (required special use) marker in the A-2 Agriculture, R-R Rural Residential, R-1 Low Density Residential, R-2 Medium Density Residential, and C-1 Neighborhood Commercial districts; it carries no marker at all in A-1 Agriculture Preservation, C-2, I-1, I-2, or Conservation, meaning the use is not permitted there by right or by special use.

A larger operation licensed by the state and serving unrelated children or seniors falls instead under the separate DAY CARE CENTER definition in the same section, which is treated as a distinct, more intensive use. Because a day care home requires special-use approval rather than a simple zoning certificate, an operator must petition the Zoning Board of Appeals, which reviews compatibility with the surrounding district before authorizing the use.