Charlotte, NC Home Business: Home Daycare (2026)

3 as a facility run by an individual residing in a single-family dwelling that supervises ten or fewer unrelated children and must hold a license from the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services. E kicks in: the operator needs a zoning use permit, and the home is otherwise treated as an ordinary single-family dwelling unless this section modifies it. The operator must be a permanent resident of the home, operating either as the owner or with the owner's written permission. Table 15-1 lists the use as allowed with prescribed conditions (PC) in the N1-A through N1-F and N2-A/N2-B Neighborhood districts and in the OFC, OG, and RC Campus districts; it is not listed as permitted in N2-C, MHP, CG, CR, IC-1, or IC-2.

New family childcare homes must sit at least 400 feet from an existing family childcare home or childcare center in residence located in a Neighborhood 1 Place Type, though that spacing rule does not apply if the existing childcare center operates as an accessory use to a place of worship. Staffing is capped at one employee who lives outside the residence at any given time, and the operator's own children do not count toward the child capacity. Outdoor play equipment and play space have to be located to the rear of the principal structure, not the front or side yard. B rather than commercial sign rules.