Provo, UT Home Business: Home Daycare (2026)

020 as child care within a home serving no more than six children. Running one requires a Home Occupation Permit, the provider must reside in the residence where care is given, and the provider must obtain a license from the State of Utah within sixty days of the city's approval. 250(7)(a)) is a conditional use requiring Planning Commission approval, with the same on-site residency requirement but no city business license mentioned for that tier since it runs through the conditional-use permit instead. 020) go further still, needing International Building Code compliance before occupancy, a state license within sixty days of city approval, a submitted site plan showing parking and drop-off/pick-up circulation reviewed by the Development Services Director, and a six-foot fence around any outdoor playground area.

Both the home-based six-child tier and the larger conditional-use tiers require the same sixty-day state licensing deadline, tying local land-use approval directly to Utah's child care licensing process administered by the Utah Department of Health and Human Services.