Wis. Stat. § 66.1017
This is the official text of Wis. Stat. § 66.1017, part of Wisconsin’s Wisconsin Statutes — the complete compiled statutory law of Wisconsin, organized into numbered chapters by subject.
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Family child care homes.
Official statutory text
(1) In this section:
(a) “Family child care home” means a dwelling licensed as a child care center by the department of children and families under s. 48.65 where care is provided for not more than 12 children.
(b) “Municipality” means a county, city, village or town.
(2) No municipality may prevent a family child care home from being located in a zoned district in which a single-family residence is a permitted use. No municipality may establish standards or requirements for family child care homes that are different from the licensing standards established under s. 48.65 . This subsection does not prevent a municipality from applying to a family child care home the zoning regulations applicable to other dwellings in the zoning district in which it is located.
History: 1983 a. 193 ; 1995 a. 27 s. 9126 (19) ; 1999 a. 150 s. 361 ; Stats. 1999 s. 66.1017; 2007 a. 20 ; 2009 a. 185 ; 2025 a. 15 .
(a) “Family child care home” means a dwelling licensed as a child care center by the department of children and families under s. 48.65 where care is provided for not more than 12 children.
(b) “Municipality” means a county, city, village or town.
(2) No municipality may prevent a family child care home from being located in a zoned district in which a single-family residence is a permitted use. No municipality may establish standards or requirements for family child care homes that are different from the licensing standards established under s. 48.65 . This subsection does not prevent a municipality from applying to a family child care home the zoning regulations applicable to other dwellings in the zoning district in which it is located.
History: 1983 a. 193 ; 1995 a. 27 s. 9126 (19) ; 1999 a. 150 s. 361 ; Stats. 1999 s. 66.1017; 2007 a. 20 ; 2009 a. 185 ; 2025 a. 15 .
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