West Valley City, UT Home Business: Home Daycare (2026)
Key Facts
- Home Child Care licenses
- 1 per dwelling unit
- Child care capacity
- Set by state law
- Home Preschool max children
- 10 per session
- Preschool session length
- 4 hours max
Summary
West Valley City licenses home daycare as a Home Occupation: one Home Child Care license per dwelling under state capacity limits, or a Home Preschool capped at 10 children and four-hour sessions.
(4) Home Child Care may be offered as a Home Occupation in accordance with the following requirements: a. Only one Home Occupation shall be licensed to conduct Home Child Care per Dwelling Unit. b. The Home Occupation shall comply with the maximum capacity requirements set forth by state law for a licensed family child care facility. (5) Home Preschools may be conducted as a Home Occupation in accordance with the following requirements: a. No more than 10 children shall be present during a session. b. Sessions shall last no more than four hours.
Official source re-checked September 8, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: current through Ordinance 26-30, passed June 23, 2026).
Full Breakdown
West Valley City allows home daycare as a licensed Home Occupation under Section 7-7-115(4)-(5). Only one Home Occupation license per dwelling unit may cover Home Child Care, and enrollment is capped at the maximum capacity set by state law for a licensed family child care facility. A separate track, Home Preschool, caps attendance at 10 children per session, limits sessions to four hours with at least a 30-minute break between back-to-back sessions, bars a child from attending more than one session daily, prohibits street drop-off and parking, and requires a fully fenced, self-latching Rear Yard if children have outdoor access.
Violations & Fines
Operating home child care or preschool beyond these license, capacity, or session limits is a code violation, treated as a Class B misdemeanor under Section 1-1-109.
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