Bristol Township, PA Home Business: Home Daycare (2026)

Use G1e in § 205-16G(1)(b)[5] of the Bristol Township zoning chapter covers family day care: a facility where care is provided for four to six children or up to four disabled and/or elderly persons at any one time, who are not relatives of the caregiver, where the care areas are being used as a family residence. Before final approval by the Zoning Hearing Board and issuance of a permit by the Zoning Officer, the applicant must obtain a registration certificate from the Department of Public Welfare and/or the Department of Aging.

The use must be conducted in a building designed for residential occupancy and for the safety and well-being of the occupants. Standard [c] requires a minimum outdoor play area of 200 square feet of contiguous area for each child and an outdoor recreation area of 100 square feet of contiguous area for each disabled and/or elderly person, and the area cannot include any impervious surface or parking areas. Under standard [d], if the home is adjacent to a nonresidential use, a parking lot or a street classified higher than a secondary street, the play area must be enclosed by a four-foot-high fence the Township deems appropriate, and it should be located to the side or rear of the property.

Standard [e] allows no more than two persons other than resident members of the immediate family to be employed. Use G1f Group Child Day-Care Center steps up to more than six but no more than 11 children, meets every family day-care standard, follows Pennsylvania Department of Welfare regulations, and needs a license from the Department of Public Welfare, Bureau of Child Development Programs. In the R-1 and R-2 districts, §§ 205-22 and 205-25 list Accessory Family Day Care (G1e) among uses permitted by special exception.