Frederick County, VA Home Business: Home Daycare (2026)

02, offered in the provider's own residence for up to four children at any one time, not counting the provider's own children or any children who already live in the home, so long as at least one child receives care for compensation. 02 lists Family Day Home (1-4 Children) with a P designation, meaning it is permitted by right in the residential districts where it appears, subject to any performance standards elsewhere in Article VII, rather than requiring a Conditional Use Permit the way a larger childcare operation might.

The code separately defines a second tier, FAMILY DAY HOME (5-12 children), for providers caring for five to 12 children, also cross-referenced to the same Code of Virginia section, though that larger tier is not carried in the same by-right row of the Use Matrix. Because the four-child cap tracks the state's own child day program threshold, a Frederick County operator who wants to grow past four children needs to look at how the zoning ordinance treats the 5-12-child tier for the specific parcel before expanding, since crossing that line changes which use classification, and which review path, applies.