Nevada County, CA Home Business: Home Daycare (2026)

C. Standards. Such facilities shall be considered a residential use on all parcels within all zoning districts where residential uses are allowed, subject to zoning compliance and building permit issuance and the following standards: 1. The facility shall be the principal residence of the day care provider and the use shall be clearly incidental and secondary to the use of the property as a single-family residence. 2. The facility shall be considered as a single-family residence for the purpose of building codes, unless additional standards are required by the State Fire Marshal. 3. The facility shall comply with all sanitation and health requirements administered by the County Department of Environmental Health and all health and safety requirements of the State Fire Marshal's Office. 4. The applicant shall provide one on-site parking stall for every 8 children or fraction thereof in accordance with the standards of Section governing Parking in Community Design Standards as part of this Code. 5. The applicant shall provide direct access to a publicly maintained road. If the property does not have direct access to a publicly maintained road, the applicant shall be required to form a new or join an existing road maintenance district (i.e. permanent road division, county service area, community service district). 6. All facilities shall be state licensed and shall be operated according to all applicable state and local statutes and regulations.