Bill Text: VA SB1537 | 2019 | Regular Session | Prefiled
Bill Title: Virginia Property Owners' Association Act; home-based businesses.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-02-15 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0030) [SB1537 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2019-SB1537-Prefiled.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 classifies home-based child care services as an accessory or ancillary residential use under the locality's zoning ordinance, the provision of home-based child care services in a personal residence shall be deemed a residential use unless expressly (i) prohibited or restricted by the declaration or (ii) restricted by the association's bylaws or rules as provided in subsection A.
