Taylorsville, UT Building Safety: Childcare Center Rules (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing section
- § 5.54.050
- Background check window
- Within 60 days of application
- Disqualifying record
- Any felony or most misdemeanors
- Resident-minor disclosure
- Ages 12-17 must be named
- Base penalty
- Misdemeanor, up to $1,000 fine
Summary
In Taylorsville City, running a residential child day care, preschool, or children's instruction business out of a home requires a home occupation license, and every adult connected to the operation must clear a BCI background check within 60 days of applying. Convicted felons and certain misdemeanants are barred outright from providing care.
Each person requesting a new home occupation license or a renewal to operate a residential child day care, residential preschool. or residential instruction under this section shall submit to the department the following information in addition to all required fees, applications, and forms: BCI background check issued within 60 days of submitting the application for all applicants, owners, directors, members of the governing body, employees, additional providers of care, volunteers (except for parents of children enrolled in the programs at the home occupation), and all adults residing in a residence where childcare or instruction is provided. ... ... A. Except as provided in subsection C of this section, the holder of a home occupation may not permit a person who has been convicted, has pleaded no contest, or is currently subject to a plea in abeyance or diversion agreement for any felony or misdemeanor, or who has been adjudicated in juvenile court of committing an act which if committed by an adult would be a felony or a misdemeanor, to: 1. Provide childcare or instruction at the home occupation;
Full Breakdown
Taylorsville City Code § 5.54.050 governs anyone requesting a new or renewed home occupation license to run a residential child day care, residential preschool, or residential instruction business from a house in the city. Every applicant, owner, director, governing-body member, employee, additional care provider, volunteer (other than parents of enrolled children), and every adult residing in the home must submit a Bureau of Criminal Identification background check issued within 60 days of the application, run through the Division of Criminal Investigation and Technical Services in the Utah Department of Public Safety.
Under subsection A, unless a narrow exemption in subsection C applies, the license holder may not let anyone convicted of, pleading no contest to, or currently under a plea in abeyance or diversion agreement for a felony or misdemeanor (or juvenile-adjudicated for an equivalent act) provide childcare or instruction, volunteer, reside on the premises, or serve as an owner, director, or governing-body member. Subsection B requires disclosing the name, age, and sex of any resident child aged 12 through 17. Subsection C exempts specific lower-level property, pyramid-scheme, government-administration, and public-order convictions, though sex-offense-adjacent crimes such as lewdness and bestiality remain disqualifying.
Home occupation licensing generally, including the base license requirement and annual fee under the adopted consolidated fee schedule, runs through §§ 5.54.020 and 5.54.030, and Community Development enforces compliance with the underlying zoning standards in § 13.11.040. Because this sits within Title 5's Business Licenses chapter, the Community Development Department administers the license, and violations of the underlying home occupation licensing requirement are prosecuted as misdemeanors under the citywide penalty clause, § 1.08.020, which carries up to six months in jail and a fine up to $1,000 for an individual, or up to $5,000 for a business entity.
Violations & Fines
Operating a residential child day care, preschool, or instruction business without a current home occupation license, or without disqualified individuals excluded from the premises as required by § 5.54.050, is enforced by Taylorsville Community Development as a code violation. Because Title 5 sets no specific penalty for this chapter, a conviction falls under the general Taylorsville City Code § 1.08.020 misdemeanor penalty: up to six months in jail, a fine of less than $1,000 for an individual, or up to $5,000 for a corporation, with each day of continued violation potentially charged separately.
Frequently Asked Questions
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