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Warner Robins, GA Home Business: Home Daycare (2026)

Some Restrictions
Compiled from the official code textEditor Martyn O'NeillLast verified September 2026

Key Facts

Child cap as home occupation
6 children (excludes provider's own)
Daycare home definition threshold
3-6 unrelated children, under 24 hrs/day
Home floor area cap
25% of dwelling
Permitted hours (public-facing)
6:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
License required
Occupational tax license, mayor and council

Summary

Warner Robins allows childcare for up to six children as a home occupation, but a resident running one must obtain an occupational tax license and follow the same general home-occupation limits on space, signage, hours and traffic as any other home-based business.

95.4. Allowable uses. The following uses are examples of allowed home occupations: General office or business services. Studios/work spaces for handicraft production, fine arts, cooking, tailors, etc. Direct sale product distribution (Avon, Tupperware, Pampered Chef, etc.). Barber/beauty shop. Counseling/tutoring Contractors, painters, masonry or plumbing. Landscape maintenance. Television or other small electrical repairs, excluding major appliances (i.e. washers, dryers, refrigerators, televisions larger than thirty-six (36) inches, etc.). Upholstering. Woodworking and furniture restoration. Childcare for up to six (6) children, excluding the children of the provider.

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Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 69).

Full Breakdown

The zoning ordinance defines a Daycare home in Section 32 as a private residence operated by any person who receives, for pay, fewer than twenty-four hours per day, three but not more than six children under eighteen who are not related to the operator and whose parents are not residents of that home. 4 lists allowable home occupations and explicitly names childcare for up to six children, excluding the provider's own children, as one of them. for anything open to the public, and employ no one but the principal occupants of the dwelling.

3 additionally confines any related parking to the home's own driveway, barring on-street or yard parking and any shared parking arrangement. 7, the operator must obtain occupational tax license approval from the mayor and council before opening, and that permit expires if the operator stops occupying the home, stops running the daycare for six consecutive months, or is revoked by the zoning enforcement officer for noncompliance. 3(3) rather than qualifying automatically as a home occupation.

Violations & Fines

Operating a home daycare without the required occupational tax license, exceeding the six-child cap, employing anyone besides the resident operator, or violating the general home-occupation limits on floor area, hours, signage, or driveway-only parking is a zoning and licensing violation; the zoning enforcement officer can revoke the permit under Section 95.7.1.3, and continued unlicensed operation is subject to the city's standard citation and fine process.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many children can I legally watch in my Warner Robins home?
Section 95.4 allows childcare for up to six children as a home occupation, not counting the provider's own children, and the Section 32 definition of a daycare home separately describes an operation of three to six unrelated children for fewer than twenty-four hours a day.
Do I need a permit to run a home daycare in Warner Robins?
Yes. Section 95.7 requires occupational tax license approval by the mayor and council before operating a home occupation, and the license can expire or be revoked by the zoning enforcement officer under Section 95.7.1 if the operator stops residing there, stops operating for six months, or fails to comply with the standards.
Can I hire an employee to help with my home daycare?
No. Section 95.2.11 states that no person other than the principal occupants of the dwelling may work on the premises, so a home daycare operating as a home occupation cannot bring in outside employees.

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