Utah County, UT Home Business: Home Daycare (2026)

UCLUO § 2.08 defines "Home Child Care" as care and supervision of children within a dwelling by a licensed provider who resides in that dwelling. The provider must hold either a current Residential Child Care certificate or a current Family Child Care license issued by the State of Utah Child Care Licensing, and both the total number of children cared for and the total number of caregivers in the dwelling must comply with state regulations, not a separate county cap. Utah County does not layer its own occupancy limit on top of the state license.

Zoning treats the use as by-right rather than discretionary. In the RA-5 Residential Agricultural Zone, UCLUO § 12.08 lists "Home Child Care and/or private preschools" among the Permitted Uses allowed upon compliance with the zone's standards and requirements, the same permitted-use category as Home Occupations and one-family dwellings. The same permitted listing recurs in the county's other residential zones, including RR-5 Rural Residential and TR-5 Transitional Residential. Because it is a permitted use, an operator does not need a conditional use permit or a public hearing before the Planning Commission to start a state-licensed home child care business in a qualifying zone; the state license itself is the operative gate. Operators should still confirm zone-specific dimensional and parking standards, since the permitted-use listing ties the activity to the zone's general requirements.