Vallejo, CA Home Business: Home Daycare (2026)

315, Day Care, Adult and Child, separates three kinds of care uses and regulates each differently. 02(A) covers family day care facilities specifically: they are permitted by-right as an accessory use of residential property in any zoning district or specific plan area where residential uses are permitted and are considered a residential use for purposes of zoning regulations. That means a provider does not file for a conditional use permit, minor use permit, or zoning compliance review just to run the day care out of the home; the use is automatically allowed anywhere a house or apartment could be.

02(C), which applies a separate set of fencing, outdoor play area, and hours-of-operation standards to child care and early education facilities, meaning larger, non-residential-scale centers rather than a caregiver's own home. 02(A) codifies the state floor that already treats small family day care homes as a residential use directly into the Vallejo Zoning Code rather than layering a separate local approval on top of it.