Brunswick County, NC Home Business: Home Daycare (2026)

2, subject to the following' standards. First, the operator must meet 'all applicable State requirements for standards, licensing and inspections' through the state child-care licensing agency. Second, a 24-hour in-home day care is allowed only in the C-LD or N-C commercial districts, never in a residential district. Third, and most specific to a residential operation, the home 'shall provide care for no more than five preschool children (including the caregiver's children), and/or three school-aged children (not including the caregiver's children), or three adults at any one time,' a standard that covers both child care and licensed in-home adult day care.

4, Home Occupations, including that the activity occupy no more than 50% of the dwelling's gross floor area, generate no external evidence of the business, and use no more than one commercially licensed vehicle under one-ton capacity. Fifth, the operator must add two off-street parking spaces beyond what the residence already provides, dedicated to pickup and drop-off traffic. 3, the 'Day Care—In-Home' use is marked 'L' (limited use, requiring administrative review against these standards) in the RR, R-7500, R-6000, SBR-6000, MR-3200, C-LD and N-C districts.