Home Business in Florida (2026)

Gulfport allows a home occupation in any residential district only after the City Manager approves a home occupation…

Kissimmee splits home businesses into two zoning tiers under Land Development Code § 14-6-7: "standard" home…

The City of Satellite Beach treats residential zoning as reserved for quiet home life, so home occupations are not…

Alachua County allows a home-based business as an accessory use to any legal residential dwelling, urban or rural…

Florida's Home-Based Business Act, Fla. Stat. §559.955, bars Bay County, Panama City, and Panama City Beach from…

Boca Raton allows home-based businesses as an accessory residential use, but requires a certificate of use and business…

Brevard County allows home occupations by right in every residential zoning classification, but caps them to one…

Cape Coral allows home-based businesses only as an accessory use to a residential home, capping on-site help at two…

Citrus County allows home occupations in every residential district in the unincorporated county under Land Development…

Coral Gables lets residents run a business from their dwelling as a "Home Office" only under Zoning Code Section 3-207…

Dade City allows a home occupation as an accessory use in any dwelling under LDR § 4.4.4(C), but caps it at 20 percent…

Davie allows home occupations, including cottage food operations, in residential dwellings but caps non-resident staff…

Daytona Beach zoning treats a home occupation as an accessory use to the dwelling itself, capping the business at 20…

Deltona allows a home-based business in any residential zoning district if it stays secondary to the home; non-resident…

Doral requires anyone running a business from home to get a home-occupation business tax receipt first and to meet Sec…

In unincorporated Escambia County, home occupations are allowed as accessory uses wherever the dwelling is allowed, but…

Unincorporated Flagler County allows a home-based business as an accessory use in every residential district, provided…

Fort Lauderdale's Unified Land Development Code Sec. 47-19.7 permits a home occupation as an accessory use to any…

Fort Myers lets residents run a home business from any residence citywide, but caps it at one outside employee and 15…

Hialeah allows a home office as a secondary use in R-1, R-Z, R-2, R-3 and R-4 zoning districts, capped at 200 square…

Unincorporated Highlands County allows home occupations as a secondary use in every zoning district, provided the…

Hollywood lets residents run a business from home only after obtaining a home-based local business tax receipt under…

Homestead allows home occupations in any zoning district under Sec. 16-19(4), but limits them to telephone…

Home businesses in Jacksonville must be run by a resident, stay under 250 sq ft or 10% of floor area, and cause no…

Jupiter allows a limited home occupation by right in the Agricultural, Rural Residential, and Residential…

Lake County no longer imposes a special home-occupation permit or business-tax barrier that other businesses don't…

Lee County allows home occupations by right in every district that permits dwellings. The business must stay clearly…

Leon County lets residents run a home occupation in any district that allows residential use, under Sec. 10-6.803(c)…

Marion County LDC Sec. 4.3.1 allows home occupations in residential zoning (within a single-family dwelling, incidental…

Home-based businesses are a permitted accessory use in every Melbourne zoning district, but the business has to stay…

Miami 21 caps a home-based Home Office at 25% of the dwelling's square footage, limits it to one client and two staff…

In unincorporated Miami-Dade County (UMSA), home occupations are allowed as an accessory residential use, capped at 25%…

A home business in unincorporated Nassau County is a conditional use, not a right, in any residential district that…

New Port Richey requires every home-based business to hold a standard city occupational license and pay all applicable…

Ocoee allows home occupations as accessory uses in residential zoning districts with a home occupation permit. The…

Home occupations are an allowable accessory use in Orlando residential dwellings under City Code § 58.937, but § 58.938…

A home occupation in unincorporated Osceola County must meet strict LDC conditions: no employees beyond residents, no…

Palm Bay allows home-based businesses only in residentially zoned districts, requiring a business tax receipt and…

Unincorporated Palm Beach County allows home-based businesses by right in any residential zoning district, but the use…

Pasco County Land Development Code Section 530.21 allows minor home occupations as a permitted accessory use in…

A home-based business may operate in a residential zone in Pembroke Pines only if it stays secondary to the home's…

Pinellas County lets a home-based business operate by-right in any residential zoning district, per Code §…

Plantation allows home-based businesses in every residential zoning district under Code Section 27-301, provided the…

Polk County allows home occupations as an accessory use to an existing dwelling in all residential districts, provided…

Pompano Beach allows a home based business as an accessory use in any dwelling under City Code § 155.4303.S, but the…

Port Orange, Florida allows a home-based business in any residential zoning district if it meets the conditions in Land…

Home occupations are allowed in residential zones under Zoning Code Section 158.217(F). You may have up to two…

Santa Rosa County's LDC 5.02.07 sets performance standards rather than a standalone permit: no more than two non-family…

City of Sarasota allows a home occupation inside any dwelling, but caps it at 25% of combined floor area or 500 square…

Florida preempts special home-occupation permits: FS 559.955 lets a compliant home-based business operate without a…

St. Petersburg requires a home occupation to hold a City business tax receipt under Code § 16.50.180.3, and limits…

Sumter County allows home-based businesses by right as an accessory use in every agricultural and residential zoning…

Florida's Home-Based Business Act, Fla. Stat. §559.955, bars the City of Sunrise from banning or singling out…

Home occupations are a permissible accessory use in every Tallahassee zoning district under Land Development Code…

Temple Terrace allows home occupations in residential zones with a Home Occupation license through the city Business…

Titusville allows a home-based business as a limited accessory use in every residential zoning district under Sec…

Volusia County lets a business operate from a home only if it meets the standards in Code § 72-283: workers besides up…

West Palm Beach requires a Business Tax Receipt (BTR) for all home-based businesses under City Code Ch 70. Home…

Winter Haven allows home-based businesses in residential zoning districts only under Unified Land Development Code Sec…

Winter Park requires a Business Tax Receipt and zoning compliance for all home occupations. Business must be clearly…

Florida Statute 559.955 overrides Charlotte County's own zoning discretion over home-based businesses run from a…

Collier County lets a home occupation operate inside any dwelling in any residential zoning district, following…

Hillsborough County exempts compliant home-based businesses from needing a zoning permit, but any business type that…

Miramar exempts qualifying home occupations from the Zoning Certificate of Use every other business needs before…

Broward County allows home occupations in residential zones with conditions preserving neighborhood character. Florida…

Cocoa's zoning code permits home-based businesses in residential districts in accordance with Florida's home-based…

Hernando County cannot zone a home business out of a residential neighborhood. Florida's Home-Based Business Act, Fla…

Indian River County cannot zone a home business out of a residential street. Florida's Home-Based Business Act, Fla…

Martin County allows a home occupation as an accessory use in residential districts, but its own Land Development…

North Port's land development code allows home-based businesses as an accessory use in every residential zoning…

Okaloosa County cannot zone a home business out of a residential neighborhood. Florida's Home-Based Business Act, Fla…

Unincorporated Orange County treats a home-based business as a permitted accessory use in every residential district as…

Tampa allows home-based businesses in all residential zones under City Code Chapter 27 as clearly incidental uses…

Boca Raton flatly forbids any external sign or other visible evidence that a home-based business exists inside a…

Doral bans any sign that reveals a home occupation or home-based business. Sec. 74-781(7) states no sign indicating the…

Fort Lauderdale's ULDR Sec. 47-19.7 prohibits any exterior advertising or signage for a home occupation: there must be…

Gulfport gives home-based businesses no exterior signage at all: § 22-6.03(d)(4) requires that no evidence of a home…

Hialeah bans exterior signs or commercial advertising for home offices entirely. Sec. 98-2030(c)(6) allows no signs or…

Hollywood bans any sign at all for a home-based business, inside or outside the house, and even bars parking a vehicle…

Jupiter bans any exterior sign or other visible evidence that a home is being used for a home occupation. Section…

Leon County bars any sign or visible evidence of a home occupation under Sec. 10-6.803(c)(5): no merchandise display…

Melbourne prohibits home-based business signage outright. Section 11.20(C)(1)(e) bars home-based business signs on…

Miramar flatly prohibits signage for home-based businesses. LDC § 1009(r) lists 'signs in conjunction with a home…

Orlando's home-occupation code says signage for a home-based business must follow the regular residential-district sign…

Unincorporated Palm Beach County bars any outdoor sign or advertising evidence for a home-based business, including the…

Pasco County Land Development Code Section 530.21.C.3 prohibits any exterior signs for a home occupation and any signs…

Pembroke Pines flatly bans commercial signs at any home-based business location. Section 120.02(A)(11) says no…

Plantation bars any commercial signage at a home-based business. Code Section 27-301(a)(11) prohibits posting or…

Port St. Lucie permits home occupations in residential areas, but Zoning Code Sec. 158.217(F)(2) requires that the…

Tallahassee lets residents run a home occupation in any zoning district, but Land Development Code § 10-412(2)f bars…

West Palm Beach allows a home occupation to post signage only where the sign code explicitly permits it, and the sole…

Collier County gives a home-based business no special sign allowance. Sec. 26-461(4)(g) holds it to whatever local or…

Dade City bars any exterior signage for a home occupation. Under the Land Development Regulations, a home-based…

Kissimmee bans signage entirely for a standard home occupation, the by-right home-business category: Land Development…

Unincorporated Miami-Dade County allows home occupations as an accessory use to a residence, but Section 33-25.1(A)(4)…

A home occupation in unincorporated Nassau County can display exactly one sign, and it has to be small and unlit. Land…

A City of Sarasota home occupation can post no sign at all beyond the resident's name and address: no business name…

Tampa caps home-based business signage at a single nameplate under Sec. 27-282.5(4) of the City Code: no illumination…

A home-based business in unincorporated Volusia County gets no special signage allowance. Code § 72-283(4)a requires…

A home-based business in unincorporated Alachua County must follow the county's general sign chapter rather than a…

Brevard County caps home occupation signage in unincorporated areas at one square foot: a single nonilluminated window…

Broward's home-based business ordinance grants no special sign allowance: Sec. 39-237(i) requires all signage tied to a…

Every home occupation in unincorporated Charlotte County, minor or major, is limited to one nonilluminated wall sign of…

Professional affiliation signs identifying a home-based practice in Coral Gables single-family and multi-family 1-2…

A home occupation sign in Deltona is capped at 2 square feet and 1 foot in height under the city's permanent sign…

A home occupation may show no exterior evidence of the business, so on-premise signs are effectively barred. Signs are…

A home business in Hernando County shows almost no outward sign of commerce. Florida's Home-Based Business Act, Fla…

Hillsborough County gives home-based businesses no special signage allowance: any sign has to meet the same Sign…

A home business in Indian River County shows almost nothing to the street. Florida's Home-Based Business Act, Fla…

In Jacksonville's RR, RLD, RMD-A and RMD-B zoning districts, a home business gets one sign: non-illuminated, one square…

Under Florida's home-based business law, Lake County can regulate signage only as it does for other residences. The…

Residential home occupations are limited to one non-illuminated wall sign of two square feet or less; agricultural home…

Miami 21 caps signage for a home-based business at one sign, one square foot, mounted on the front facade only.

A home business in Okaloosa County shows almost no outward sign of commerce. Florida's Home-Based Business Act, Fla…

In unincorporated Orange County, a home occupation may display one identification sign without a sign permit only if it…

A Polk County home occupation may display one non-illuminated business identification sign, mounted flush to the…

Home based businesses in Pompano Beach's single- and two-family districts get a smaller sign allowance than other uses…

Santa Rosa County prohibits any exterior sign, display, or device that would indicate from the outside that a dwelling…

Home-based artist businesses in St. Petersburg's Artist Enclave Overlay District (AEOD) can post a window, wall, or…

Titusville bans electronic message signage at home occupations outright: Sec. 32-13(a)(5)a. says dynamic or variable…

A Cape Coral home-based business gets no special sign allowance; Section 5.11.10(E) sends it to Article 7's ordinary…

In unincorporated Citrus County, a home-based business gets exactly one identification sign, capped at one square foot…

Florida Statute 559.955 caps how far Sarasota County can go in regulating a home-based business's sign: exterior…

A home-based business in unincorporated Sumter County may post exactly one sign, capped at ten square feet, and the…

A home business sign in Winter Haven cannot exceed two square feet and must be mounted flat against the residence under…

Unincorporated Pinellas County bars any signage rule for a home-based business that is stricter than what applies to an…

Gulfport bars any customer, client, employee, contractor or agent of a home occupation from ever visiting the premises…

Hialeah bars home offices from receiving customer or client visits entirely. Sec. 98-2030(c)(5) of the zoning code…

Hollywood's home-based business rules flatly forbid clients or customers from visiting the residence. Code of…

Miramar's Land Development Code defines a home occupation as a business run by residents inside their own dwelling, but…

Brevard County caps client traffic from an unincorporated-area home occupation at what two off-street parking spaces…

Daytona Beach limits home-based businesses to professional and business services that don't bring clients or customers…

In Deltona's A-1, Prime Agriculture zoning classification, agricultural home occupations may have customers visit, plus…

Homestead bars a permitted home occupation from receiving clients, customers, inventory or any related pedestrian or…

Running a home business in Jacksonville means no clients on-site: Ordinance Code Sec. 656.401(n)(1)(iv) bars anyone…

Standard home occupations in Kissimmee cannot have any client presence on-site, with narrow exceptions for tutoring and…

In unincorporated Miami-Dade County, a home-based business can't require suppliers to visit onsite, only customary…

A home occupation in Satellite Beach cannot bring extra cars or congestion to the block. City Code § 30-602(c) bars any…

Boca Raton lets home-based businesses operate but bars any sale or physical hand-off of goods to a customer, consumer…

Broward County home-based businesses cannot generate vehicle traffic substantially greater than a typical residence…

Charlotte County caps client visits to home-based businesses under Code Sec. 3-9-74: a registered minor home occupation…

A home-based business in unincorporated Collier County can't generate more traffic or parking demand than an ordinary…

A Dade City home occupation cannot create traffic or parking congestion detectable off the premises, is limited to two…

Fort Myers limits home-based businesses to traffic levels reasonable for residential use, barring pedestrian or vehicle…

Hernando County cannot cap your customers just because you work from home. Florida's Home-Based Business Act, Fla…

Hillsborough County confines walk-up retail transactions for a home-based business to inside the residential dwelling…

Indian River County cannot cap your customers just because you work from home. Florida's Home-Based Business Act, Fla…

Jupiter's home occupation rules forbid any significant increase in pedestrian or vehicle traffic beyond what a house…

A home-based business in unincorporated Lake County cannot generate more vehicle traffic than a normal residence would…

Melbourne caps client and customer visits to a home-based business at two vehicle round trips per hour and ten per day…

Miami 21 caps home-based businesses to one client on site at a time, two staff (one must live there), and daytime hours…

Unincorporated Nassau County allows a home occupation as a conditional use in any residential district that doesn't…

Okaloosa County cannot cap your customers just because you work from home. Florida's Home-Based Business Act, Fla…

Orlando restricts vehicle traffic generated by a home occupation to 2 vehicles present at once and no more than 10 per…

Palm Bay caps the parking and traffic a home-based business can generate, requiring it stay no greater than what a…

Unincorporated Palm Beach County bars on-premise sales or services for home businesses except instructional lessons or…

A minor home occupation in Pasco County may not generate new vehicle trips unless a Special Exception is granted, which…

Home-based businesses in Pembroke Pines cannot generate more vehicle traffic than a similar residence with no business…

Plantation caps the traffic and parking a home-based business can generate under Code Section 27-301(a)(2) and (12)…

City Code § 155.4303.S caps how much traffic a Pompano Beach home based business can generate: deliveries, shipments…

Port Orange, Florida ties a home-based business's traffic footprint to its parking demand: a business cannot generate…

A City of Sarasota home occupation can't generate more vehicle traffic than the house would produce without the…

A St. Petersburg home-based business can only receive customers or clients by appointment, per City Code §…

A Tallahassee home occupation cannot generate more than two client, customer, or supplier vehicle round trips per hour…

Tampa cannot set numeric customer-visit caps on home businesses because Florida Statutes §559.955 requires home…

Home occupations in Temple Terrace may receive customers only on a limited basis that does not generate traffic…

Volusia County does not set a numeric cap on how many clients may visit a home-based business, but it caps the parking…

West Palm Beach lets a home occupation operate only if it never raises traffic above what an ordinary residence…

Winter Haven caps the traffic a home occupation may generate at ordinary residential volume under Unified Land…

Citrus County's home occupation rule limits the traffic a home business can generate: parking demand cannot exceed what…

New Port Richey caps a home business's parking demand at what a normal residence would generate and limits on-site…

Florida's Cottage Food Operations Act preempts local regulation, allowing home production of non-potentially hazardous…

Florida's cottage food law (FS 500.80) lets Collier County residents make and sell certain non-hazardous foods from…

Florida cottage food operations selling up to $250,000 a year need no state food permit and can operate from a home…

Florida's Cottage Food law (FS 500.80) lets you make and sell certain non-hazardous foods from your home without a…

Lee County's code does not set cottage food standards, but it does govern the business side: home occupations are…

Florida's cottage food law lets you sell certain non-hazardous homemade foods, like baked goods and jams, directly to…

Florida lets you make and sell certain non-hazardous foods from your Osceola County home kitchen without a state food…

Florida law lets you sell homemade non-hazardous foods from your Polk County home without a state license, as long as…

Florida's cottage food law (FS 500.80) lets residents make and sell certain non-hazardous foods from a home kitchen…

Florida's cottage food law (FS 500.80) lets residents make and sell certain non-hazardous foods from their home kitchen…

Florida's Cottage Food law (FS 500.80) lets you make and sell certain non-hazardous foods from your home kitchen…

Florida's Cottage Food Law lets St. Lucie County residents sell certain non-hazardous homemade foods from their home…

Fla. Stat. §500.80 lets Bay County residents sell homemade, shelf-stable foods direct to consumers, and ship them…

Cottage food operations are protected statewide under FL §500.80, allowing Boynton Beach residents to sell up to…

The Brevard County code has no cottage food ordinance. A food business run from a house is treated as a home occupation…

Florida cottage food law (FL 500.80) allows home kitchen food sales up to $250,000 gross per year without a permit…

Fla. Stat. §500.80 lets Charlotte County residents sell homemade, shelf-stable foods direct to consumers, and ship…

Florida Statute 500.80 preempts local regulation of cottage food operations, allowing Clearwater residents to make and…

Coral Gables cottage food operations are governed by Florida Statutes Section 500.80, which exempts small-scale home…

Florida Statute 500.80 permits cottage food operations statewide with annual gross sales up to $250,000 without…

Florida's Cottage Food Law (F.S. 500.80) permits Doral residents to produce and sell certain homemade food products…

Cottage food operations in Fort Lauderdale are governed by Florida Statutes Section 500.80. No city permit or kitchen…

You can bake and sell cottage foods from a Hernando County kitchen with no permit and no local approval. Fla. Stat…

Florida's Cottage Food Law (F.S. 500.80) allows home food sales up to $250,000 annually without a food license…

Florida's Cottage Food Law (FL Statute Section 500.80) allows Homestead residents to produce and sell certain homemade…

You can bake and sell cottage foods from an Indian River County kitchen with no permit and no local sign-off. Fla…

Florida Statute 500.80 preempts local regulation of cottage food operations, allowing Largo residents to make and sell…

Florida's Cottage Food Law (F.S. 500.80) allows Miami Beach residents to sell homemade food products with annual gross…

Florida's Cottage Food Law (F.S. 500.80) allows home-based food sales of certain non-potentially-hazardous foods up to…

FL Cottage Food Law (F.S. 500.80) allows home food sales up to $250,000/year. No food license needed. BTR from Miramar…

Florida's Cottage Food Law (F.S. 500.80) allows North Miami residents to produce and sell certain non-potentially…

You can bake and sell cottage foods from an Okaloosa County kitchen with no permit and no local approval. Fla. Stat…

Cottage food operations in unincorporated Palm Beach County are governed by FL FS §500.80, which preempts local…

No Pasco County-specific ordinance directly regulates cottage food operations; Florida Statute 500.80 preempts local…

Cottage food operations in Pembroke Pines are authorized under FL Statute 500.80. Operators may sell certain homemade…

Plantation has no cottage-food ordinance of its own. Selling homemade food from your house is treated as a home-based…

Cottage food operations in Pompano Beach are authorized under FL Statute 500.80. Operators may sell specified homemade…

Cottage food operations in Seminole are governed primarily by Florida Statute 500.80, which preempts most local…

Cottage food operations in St. Petersburg are governed primarily by Florida Statute 500.80, which preempts most local…

Fla. Stat. §500.80 lets Sunrise residents sell homemade, shelf-stable foods direct to consumers, and ship them within…

Cottage food operations in Temple Terrace are protected under FL §500.80 (updated by HB 663 in 2021) allowing home…

Florida regulates family and large family child care homes uniformly under Chapter 402, setting capacity limits…

Family day care homes in Broward County must register or be licensed under Florida Statute 402.313. The Broward County…

Family day care homes in Clearwater follow Florida Statute 402.313, which sets registration, training, screening, and…

Family day care homes are a permitted use in Coral Gables single-family residential districts under Zoning Code Section…

Family day care homes in Largo follow Florida Statute 402.313, which sets registration, training, screening, and…

Family day care homes in Pinellas Park must comply with Florida Statute 402.305 and Pinellas County child care…

Family day care homes in St. Petersburg follow Florida Statute 402.313 and Pinellas County licensing, plus the City's…

Tarpon Springs zoning treats in-home day care as a home occupation requiring Board of Commissioners approval (max 2…

In Cocoa's RU-2-15 Multiple-Family Dwelling District, a child care center, day nursery or kindergarten cannot open by…

Fort Myers treats child day care as a distinct zoning use, not a general home business: it's barred outright in the…

A family day-care home in Pembroke Pines needs a local business tax receipt, not a zoning variance. The city caps…

Apopka permits family day care homes (5 or fewer children) as accessory home occupations in residential zones, subject…

A family day care home is a valid residential use in Bay County under Fla. Stat. §125.0109, and providers register or…

Boca Raton allows baby-sitting as an accessory home use in single-family districts, but caps it at 5 children including…

Brevard County adopts Florida's child care statutes and rules by reference in Section 26-70 and then layers on its own…

A family day care home is a valid residential use in Charlotte County under Fla. Stat. §125.0109, and providers…

A family day care home in Florida (FS 402.302) is an occupied residence caring for children from at least two unrelated…

Town of Davie Code Section 12-34(J) caps a family day care home at ten children total, with no more than five…

Daytona Beach permits a family day care home only as an accessory use to a single-family dwelling, not as a stand-alone…

Doral caps a home-based family day care at five children counting the operator's own preschoolers, and non-family…

A Florida family day care home may care for up to 10 children depending on ages. It is a residential use, so Escambia…

Gainesville recognises small and large family child care homes, both licensed by the Alachua County Health Department…

Gulfport's zoning code defines a family day care home as an occupied residence that regularly provides paid child care…

A family day care home in Hernando County registers annually with the Florida Department of Children and Families…

Hialeah treats a licensed family day care home as a valid residential use in any residential zoning district under Sec…

Unincorporated Hillsborough County requires anyone caring for unrelated children in a residence for pay to hold a…

Home daycare operations in Homestead require licensing from the Florida Department of Children and Families (DCF)…

A family day care home in Indian River County registers each year with the Florida Department of Children and Families…

Jacksonville allows in-home family day care for up to five children or adults in single-family homes, but the operator…

Jupiter permits family day care homes as home occupations subject to FL DCF licensing. State law allows up to 5…

Kissimmee allows family day care homes as a home occupation in residential zoning, but caps signage at one small…

Lakeland allows licensed home daycare operations with limits on the number of children. State licensing and local…

Lee County's zoning code treats a family day care home differently from a day care center. Family day care homes are…

LDR Section 3.67 caps a family day care home at eight children at any one time, including the caregiver's own kids, and…

Home daycare operations in unincorporated Miami-Dade County require Florida Department of Children and Families (DCF)…

New Port Richey has no daycare-specific zoning code; a home-based family child care operation instead falls under the…

Ocoee permits family daycare homes in residential zones as accessory home occupations, but operators must obtain a…

A family day care home in Okaloosa County registers annually with the Florida Department of Children and Families. Fla…

Family day care homes in unincorporated Orange County are permitted as home occupations but must be licensed by Florida…

Family day care homes in Orlando are regulated by Florida Statute 402.313 and licensed by the Florida Department of…

Running a family day care home in Florida means registering with (or being licensed by) the Department of Children and…

Small family day care homes (up to 10 children) are permitted by right in nearly every Palm Bay residential zoning…

Family day care homes in unincorporated Palm Beach County must be licensed by the Florida Department of Children and…

Home daycare in Pasco County is regulated by DCF under FL §402.313. Family day care homes serving up to 10 children…

Family day care homes in Pinellas County are regulated under Florida Statutes Chapter 402, which establishes…

Plant City permits family day care homes (up to 5 children) in residential zones as a home occupation. State licensing…

In-home child care in Florida is regulated by the Department of Children and Families under FS Chapter 402. A family…

Home daycare operations in Pompano Beach require state licensing through the Florida Department of Children and…

Port Orange's Land Development Code caps a family child care home at five preschool children plus up to five additional…

Port St. Lucie zoning treats a family day care home as a permitted residential use, not a special exception, in…

Family day care homes in Safety Harbor are governed primarily by Florida Statutes Chapter 402, which authorizes them in…

In-home child care in Florida is governed by state law (FS 402.302), not county zoning. A family day care home may care…

Florida law lets counties license family day care homes locally, and Sarasota County does: F.S. 402.313(1) authorizes a…

Family day care homes in Seminole are licensed primarily under Florida Statute 402.313 and overseen by the Florida…

A St. Lucie County resident may care for children in their home as a licensed family day care home. Florida law caps a…

A small family day care home is a permitted use by right across Sumter County's agricultural, rural residential and…

A family day care home is a valid residential use in Sunrise under Fla. Stat. §166.0445, and providers register or…

Home-based child care in Tampa is regulated primarily by the Florida Department of Children and Families under FL Stat…

Family day care homes in Temple Terrace are permitted in residential zones as a home occupation, subject to DCF…

Titusville allows family day care homes by right in every residential zoning district, capping care at five preschool…

Volusia County and Florida DCF regulate home-based childcare. Family Day Care Homes serve up to 10 children; Large…

Family day care homes in West Palm Beach are licensed by the FL Department of Children and Families under FL §402.313…

Winter Park allows family day care homes as an accessory use in residential zones subject to state licensing by DCF and…

Alachua County treats a family child care home as a limited use permitted by right in eleven residential and mixed…

A Family Day Care Home serving five or fewer children is a by-right permitted use across Cape Coral's R-1, RML, RMM…

A 'day care home' in Dade City is a dwelling where a resident cares for up to six children or adults who are not…

Hollywood does not set its own zoning standard for home-based day care. Code of Ordinances § 4.3.J.4 states that Day…

Melbourne treats a licensed family day care home as a by-right residential use in nearly every zoning district. Table…

The City of Sarasota permits family day care homes by right in every single-family zoning district, capped at the…

Winter Haven's Unified Land Development Code treats a licensed family day care home as a permitted use in every…

Florida Statute 166.0445 preempts local zoning restrictions on family day care homes. A licensed or registered family…

Leon County's land development code, Sec. 10-6.811, regulates day care centers and employer-based day care services but…

In unincorporated Nassau County, a licensed family day care home is a permitted use in every residential district, with…

North Port exempts family day care homes that meet Florida Statute requirements from the special exception process that…