Rockville, MD Home Business: Home Daycare (2026)

Sec. 25.6.3.3 of Rockville's 2026 Zoning Ordinance recognizes a Child Care Home as a distinct residential use: a home caring for up to eight children at a time for compensation. The zoning code adds no separate spacing, parking, or permit standard of its own for this use; it instead folds the entire regulatory burden into State of Maryland and Montgomery County child care licensing law, which the operator must satisfy in full. Because the section carries no conditional-use clause limiting it to particular zones, a compliant Child Care Home functions as an accessory use within the home wherever a Single-Unit Detached Dwelling or similar residence already exists.