Lehi, UT Home Business: Home Daycare (2026)
Key Facts
- Attendance cap
- 12 persons at one time
- State certificate
- Utah Dept. of Health, required
- Inspection
- Annual fire life safety inspection
- State rules
- Utah Admin. Code R501-1 et seq.
- Yard requirement
- Fully fenced, self-closing gate latches
Summary
Lehi caps home-based child or adult daycare at 12 people at a time under Section 20.040(G) and requires a Utah Department of Health certificate plus an annual fire life safety inspection to keep the underlying business license valid.
G. In the case of child or adult daycare, the total number of persons that may be allowed in attendance at one time shall be limited to 12. A drop-off circulation plan shall be provided. In order to maintain the validity of a Lehi City business license for any child or adult day care, the applicant shall obtain and keep valid a Utah Department of Health certificate, and an annual fire life safety inspection. Any child or adult day care home occupation shall also strictly comply with all other requirements set forth in Utah Admin. Code R501-1, et seq.
Full Breakdown
040(G) of the Lehi City Development Code governs child or adult daycare run as a home occupation: the total number of persons in attendance at one time is limited to 12, and the operator must provide a drop-off circulation plan. To keep the Lehi City business license valid, the operator has to obtain and keep current a Utah Department of Health certificate and pass an annual fire life safety inspection. The section also requires strict compliance with Utah Admin. , the state's separate childcare licensing rules, meaning a Lehi daycare home occupation answers to both the City's Chapter 20 conditions and the state's licensing program at once.
040(I) layers on a physical requirement specific to daycare and child in-home instruction: the backyard must be fully fenced with self-closing latches on every gate. 020(L). 040(J).
Violations & Fines
Exceeding the 12-person cap, letting the Utah Department of Health certificate or fire life safety inspection lapse, or failing the backyard fencing requirement violates Section 20.040(G) and (I). The Zoning Administrator can revoke the Home Occupation Permit under Section 20.080 for any such violation unless corrected within ten days of written notice, and repeat violations can still cost the permit.
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