West Hartford, CT Home Business: Home Daycare (2026)

Under § 101-7, added April 21, 1987, a family day-care home operating in a West Hartford residence is subject to inspection and review by the Health Director or a designee for compliance with state health regulations, and specifically must keep proof of first-aid certification for children by at least one operator on-site at all times, plus have on hand an American Red Cross standard twenty-four-unit first-aid kit or an acceptable substitute. All emergency health-related plans and policies must be in writing and distributed to every child's parents.

Separately, the zoning code treats the home business itself through § 177-16.1B: a family day-care home must obtain the applicable building and/or zoning permits, and the operator must register with the Town of West Hartford by forwarding a copy of the required Connecticut state license, issued under C.G.S. § 19a-87b, annually to the Director of Health. Unlike the child day-care center provisions in the same section, which impose a play-area setback and a traffic report reviewed by the Town Plan and Zoning Commission, the family day-care home rules stop at the permit-and-registration layer, reflecting that these are smaller, in-home operations rather than standalone commercial centers.

Both the health and zoning sections cross-reference each other in the code's general references, confirming that a West Hartford family day-care home operator must satisfy both the Health Department's health and safety standards and the Building/Zoning Department's permit and annual state-license registration requirement to operate lawfully.