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Home Business in Winston-Salem, NC (2026)

1 verified home business rules for Winston-Salem, North Carolina, sourced directly from the municipal code and official government pages.

Verified from official government sources

Home Daycare

Winston-Salem home-based child care is regulated primarily by the NC Division of Child Development and Early Education (DCDEE). Family child care homes caring for more than two unrelated children must be licensed by the state. Winston-Salem Unified Development Ordinances (UDO) Chapter B Article IV permits family care homes as a home occupation subject to zoning standards in residential districts.

Home Business: Daycare Home

Some Restrictions

N.C.G.S. 110-86 (Definitions - Child Care Facilities)

(2) Child care. - A program or arrangement where three or more children less than 13 years old, who do not reside where the care is provided, receive care on a regular basis of at least once per week for more than four hours but less than 24 hours per day from persons other than their guardians or full-time custodians, or from persons not related to them by birth, marriage, or adoption. [...] (...

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