Bill Text: VA SB707 | 2018 | Regular Session | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Virginia Property Owners' Association Act; home-based businesses.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-29 - Passed by indefinitely in General Laws and Technology (10-Y 5-N) [SB707 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2018-SB707-Comm_Sub.html
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That §55-513.2 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§55-513.2. Home-based businesses permitted; compliance with local ordinances.
A. Except to the extent the declaration provides otherwise, no association shall prohibit any lot owner from operating a home-based business within his personal residence. The association may, however, establish (i) reasonable restrictions as to the time, place, and manner of the operation of a home-based business and (ii) reasonable restrictions as to the size, place, duration, and manner of the placement or display of any signs on the owner's lot related to such home-based business. Any home-based business shall comply with all applicable local ordinances.
B. If a development is located in a locality that (i) licenses home-based child care services pursuant to §15.2-741 and (ii) classifies home-based child care services as an accessory residential use under the locality's zoning ordinance, then the provision of home-based child care services by a lot owner in his personal residence shall not be deemed a business use for purposes of any declaration, bylaw, or rule but may be prohibited by bylaw or rule that specifically prohibits the operation of a licensed child care services provider in the personal residence of a lot owner to the extent such authority is granted to the board of directors by the declaration.
