Taylorsville, UT Home Business: Home Daycare (2026)

Residential child day care in Taylorsville is authorized as a home occupation under Land Development Code § 13.11.040(D), layered on top of the chapter's General Standards in subsection C. The definition tracks state law: care for between five and 12 qualified children at any given time, as defined in Utah Code § 26B-2-4, and the caregiver's own qualifying children count toward that number while the day care operates. Because a day care counts as a home occupation, it must first hold a home occupation business license issued under Title 5, and no more than one home-based microschool, residential child day care, residential preschool, high-impact residential instruction, or vehicle-based home occupation may operate per lot or parcel.

A secure outdoor play area is mandatory: it must be located in the rear and/or side yard, enclosed by a well-maintained fence at least six feet tall with a self-latching gate, and finished with ground cover, paving, or another surface that does not pose a risk to children. The play area cannot be used before 8:00 A.M. or after 8:00 P.M., mirroring the citywide default home occupation hours. Day cares are also exempt from the general two-visitors-per-hour cap that applies to ordinary home occupations, and their nonresident employee is the one exception the code allows to the rule that a home occupation's staff must otherwise live on-site.

Location and proximity standards for higher-impact home occupations, including a 300-foot separation from another actively licensed day care, microschool, preschool, or high-impact instruction use, can also apply depending on the property.