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2013 SESSION
HB 2200 Property Owners' Association Act; lot owner permitted to operate home-based business, etc.
Introduced by: Michael J. Webert | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles | history
SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE:
Property Owners' Association Act; home-based businesses permitted. Provides that, except to the extent the declaration or rules and regulations duly adopted pursuant thereto expressly provide otherwise, no association shall prohibit any lot owner from operating a home-based business on his lot. The bill allows an association to establish reasonable restrictions as to (i) the time, place, and manner of the operation of a home-based business and (ii) the size, placement, duration, and manner of the placement or display of any signs on the owner's lot related to such business. The bill requires any home-based business to comply with all applicable local ordinances and provides that the General Assembly finds that the bill's objectives serve the public interest by promoting Virginia's small businesses.
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Property Owners' Association Act; home-based businesses permitted. Provides that, except to the extent the declaration or rules and regulations duly adopted pursuant thereto expressly provide otherwise, no association shall prohibit any lot owner from operating a home-based business on his lot. The bill requires disclosure of any such prohibition in the association disclosure packet. The bill requires any home-based business to comply with all applicable local ordinances and defines "home-based business" as any enterprise for which the principal administrative and managerial activities take place within an individual's personal residence. The bill provides that the General Assembly finds that the bill's objectives serve the public interest by promoting Virginia's small businesses.