[Albion Wilde]

When I was a kid my siblings and I were occasionally dropped off somewhere else for babysitting. Would that constitute a home-based business under HOA rules or a state or municipal law?

If the sitter was paid regularly, had several regular customers and was licensed at that address, for purposes of the HOA I lived in it was a business.

[Alberta's Child]

I agree with you. The licensing is definitive, in my opinion. I guess the trouble comes when you have someone caring for 1-2 kids who doesn’t need to be licensed.