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SENATE BILL NO. 238 Offered January 13, 2016 Prefiled January 6, 2016 A BILL to amend and reenact § 55-513.2 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the Virginia Property Owner's Association Act; home-based businesses. ---------- Patron-- Petersen ---------- Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology ----------

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.

Except to the extent the declaration provides otherwise, no No association shall prohibit any lot owner from operating a home-based business within his personal residence if such home-based operated business is operated in compliance with all applicable state laws and local ordinances. 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.