Upland, CA Home Business: Home Daycare (2026)
Key Facts
- Small day care (8 or fewer)
- CUP required in all 10 residential zones
- Large day care (9-14 children)
- CUP required except RS-MH (not allowed)
- Governing table
- Table 17.04-1, § 17.04.020
- Definitions
- Upland Municipal Code § 17.51.010
- State law cross-reference
- Health & Safety Code § 1597.30 et seq.
- Violation penalty
- Up to $1,000 fine, 6 months jail
Summary
Upland's residential land-use table requires a discretionary Conditional Use Permit for a small family day care home (eight or fewer children) in every one of its ten residential zones, and for a large family day care home (nine to fourteen children) in every zone except RS-MH, where it is barred outright.
TABLE 17.04-1 PERMITTED LAND USES IN THE RESIDENTIAL ZONES. Key: P Permitted Use, CUP Conditional Use Permit Req., AUP Admin. Use Permit Req., — Use Not Allowed. Columns: RS-20 | RS-15 | RS-10 | RS-7.5 | RS-4 | RS-MH | RM-10 | RM-20 | RM-30 | RM-40. Family Day Care: Small (8 or fewer) CUP CUP CUP CUP CUP CUP CUP CUP CUP CUP. Large (9 to 14) CUP CUP CUP CUP CUP — CUP CUP CUP CUP.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: rev 4480959; v4 updated 2025-09-22).
Full Breakdown
020, lists "Family Day Care" with two rows. 5, RS-4, RS-MH, RM-10, RM-20, RM-30, and RM-40. "Large (9 to 14)" is likewise marked "CUP" in nine of those zones but marked "Use Not Allowed" in RS-MH, the single-family mobile home zone. 04-1 may actually be applied to a small home. Anyone seeking to open one should confirm current treatment with Upland's Development Services Department before assuming the table's CUP listing controls.
Violations & Fines
Operating a family day care home, small or large, without the Conditional Use Permit that Table 17.04-1 lists for the applicable zone, or operating a large family day care home in the RS-MH zone where it is listed "Use Not Allowed," is a Zoning Ordinance violation under Upland Municipal Code § 17.43.040: a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of up to $1,000, imprisonment of up to six months, or both, with each day of continued operation a separate offense.
Frequently Asked Questions
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