Bryan, TX Home Business: Home Daycare (2026)
Key Facts
- Home occupation cap
- 6 children or fewer
- Approval required
- None -- allowed by right
- Threshold to commercial care
- 7-12 kids needs Class B
- Zoning violation penalty
- Up to $2,000/day, Sec. 1-14
Summary
Bryan zoning treats in-home child care for six or fewer children as a permitted home occupation, letting residents run a home daycare without a special use permit in any residential district.
Child care -- Class A shall mean any single-family residence which receives six or less children under the age of 14 years, and not of common parentage, for care apart from their natural parents, legal guardians or custodians, for regular periods of time and for compensation, excluding the caretaker's own children. The term "child care" shall not include overnight lodging, medical treatment, counseling or rehabilitative services and does not apply to any school. (This is considered a home occupation.)
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 31).
Full Breakdown
Bryan's zoning code (Sec. 130-3) classifies in-home child care serving six or fewer children under 14 as 'Child care -- Class A' and expressly designates it a home occupation, meaning it's allowed by right in single-family homes across every residential zoning district (A-O, RD-7, RD-5, MF, R-NC) subject to the standard home-occupation rules: no retail sales, no employees outside the household, no accessory-structure use, and no added parking or traffic beyond what a normal house generates. Once enrollment tops six children, the operation reclassifies as Class B or C care and must move into a commercial building meeting site-development and loading standards under Sec. 62-330.
Violations & Fines
Operating child care for more than six children without reclassifying as Class B/C, or breaking home-occupation rules like outside signage, is a zoning violation carrying a fine up to $2,000 under Sec. 1-14, with each day a separate offense.
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