Code of Virginia § 55.1-1821. Home-based businesses permitted; compliance with local ordinances.
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A. Except to the extent that 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.
2013, c. 310 , § 55-513.2; 2019, cc. 2 , 30 , 712 .