Bill Text: VA HB2420 | 2019 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: Nonconforming use; a wall built on residential property shall be grandfathered as a valid use, etc.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-03-21 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0707) [HB2420 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2019-HB2420-Chaptered.html
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. §1. A wall built on residential property shall be grandfathered as a valid nonconforming use, and the wall shall not be subject to removal solely due to such nonconformity, in any instance where (i) a residential property owner sought local government approval prior to 2008 for construction of a wall on the owner's property, (ii) the property owner was informed by a local official that such wall required no permit and that the structure would comply with the zoning ordinance, (iii) the wall was thereafter constructed, (iv) the locality subsequently informed the property owner that the wall was illegal, and (v) such a wall, had it been constructed as described in clauses (ii) and (iii) after 2017, would be considered a valid nonconforming use not subject to removal.
