Pageland, SC Home Business: Home Daycare (2026)
Key Facts
- Permitted districts
- R-8, R-6, GR, GRR, RC
- Barred districts
- NC, CC, GC, LI, BI
- Capacity cap
- 1 to 6 children/adults
- Caregiver limit
- Family member only
- Parking requirement
- None
Summary
Pageland's zoning table permits a Family Day Care Home as a right-by-use in every residential district but bars it entirely from commercial and industrial zones. The code caps it at one to six children or adults cared for by a family member, no other staff.
R-8 R-6 GR GRR RC NC CC GC
(a) LI BI Required Off-Street Parking Spaces (b) ... Family Day Care Home P P P P P N N N N N NONE ... Family Day Care Home. A family day care home is one in which care is given by a family member and no others during the day only for one to six children or adults, including the day care owner's own children or parents.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 1).
Full Breakdown
Appendix A, Article 3, Table 1 of the Pageland Town Code lists Family Day Care Home as an accessory use to residential uses, marked "P" (permitted by right) in the R-8, R-6, GR, GRR and RC districts, and "N" (not permitted) in NC, CC, GC, LI and BI. Because the use is permitted outright rather than conditional in the residential districts, a Family Day Care Home does not need a conditional-use approval before operating there, unlike uses on the table marked with a "C" that require compliance with a numbered section.
" That definition caps the operation at six children or adults and limits caregiving to a family member, meaning a facility employing outside staff or exceeding six children or adults falls outside this residential accessory-use category and would need to be evaluated as a different, non-listed use subject to the Zoning Administrator's similarity findings under Section 3-2. The table's off-street parking column lists "NONE" for the use, so no separate zoning parking requirement attaches to a qualifying home day care.
Violations & Fines
Operating a day care exceeding the six-child-or-adult cap, using non-family staff, or running one in a district where Table 1 marks it "N" falls outside the permitted accessory use and would need review as an unlisted use. Zoning violations generally are enforced under Section 10-15 through an ordinance summons or injunctive action, with violators guilty of a misdemeanor.
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