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The standards shall not have the effect of excluding manufactured housing.C\n\nLocal zoning ordinances adopting provisions consistent with this section shall not relieve lots or parcels from the obligations relating to manufactured housing units imposed by the terms of a restrictive covenant.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":240631,"text":"Localities adopting and enforcing zoning ordinances under the provisions of this article shall provide that, in all agricultural zoning districts or districts having similar classifications regardless of name or designation where agricultural, horticultural, or forest uses such as but not limited to those described in &#xA7; 58.1-3230 are the dominant use, the placement of manufactured houses that are on a permanent foundation and on individual lots shall be permitted, subject to development standards that are equivalent to those applicable to site-built single family dwellings within the same or equivalent zoning district.","type":"section","prefixes":["A"],"prefix":"A","entire_prefix":"A","prefix_anchor":"A","level":1,"next_prefix":"B"},"1":{"id":240632,"text":"Localities adopting and enforcing zoning regulations under the provisions of this article may, to provide for the general purposes of zoning ordinances, adopt uniform standards, so long as they apply to all residential structures erected within the agricultural zoning district or other districts identified in subsection A of this section incorporating such standards. 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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 840 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1990 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 3 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1991, chapter 198; in 1995, chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?951+ful+CHAP0540\">540<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?951+ful+CHAP0583\">583<\/a>; in 1997, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?971+ful+CHAP0587\">587<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":54425,"section_number":"58.1-3230","catch_line":"Special classifications of real estate established and defined","order_by":null,"url":"\/58.1-3230\/"}],"permalink":{"id":155311,"object_type":"law","relational_id":66254,"identifier":"15.2-2290","token":"15.2\/II\/22\/7\/15.2-2290","url":"\/15.2-2290\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-2290\/","token":"15.2\/II\/22\/7\/15.2-2290","dublin_core":{"Title":"Uniform regulations for manufactured housing","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-2290","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">A.<\/span> Localities adopting and enforcing <span class=\"dictionary\">zoning<\/span> <span class=\"dictionary\">ordinances<\/span> under the provisions of this article shall provide that, in all agricultural <span class=\"dictionary\">zoning<\/span> districts or districts having similar classifications regardless of name or designation where agricultural, horticultural, or forest uses such as but not limited to those described in &#xA7; <a class=\"law\" title=\"Special classifications of real estate established and defined\" href=\"\/58.1-3230\/\">58.1-3230<\/a> are the dominant use, the placement of manufactured houses that are on a permanent foundation and on individual lots shall be permitted, subject to <span class=\"dictionary\">development<\/span> standards that are equivalent to those applicable to site-built single family dwellings within the same or equivalent <span class=\"dictionary\">zoning<\/span> district. <a id=\"paragraph-240631\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/15.2-2290\/#A\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"B\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">B.<\/span> Localities adopting and enforcing <span class=\"dictionary\">zoning<\/span> regulations under the provisions of this article may, to provide for the general purposes of <span class=\"dictionary\">zoning<\/span> <span class=\"dictionary\">ordinances<\/span>, adopt uniform standards, so long as they apply to all residential structures erected within the agricultural <span class=\"dictionary\">zoning<\/span> district or other districts identified in subsection A of this section incorporating such standards. The standards shall not have the effect of excluding manufactured housing. <a id=\"paragraph-240632\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/15.2-2290\/#B\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"C\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">C.<\/span> Local <span class=\"dictionary\">zoning<\/span> <span class=\"dictionary\">ordinances<\/span> adopting provisions consistent with this section shall not relieve lots or parcels from the obligations relating to manufactured housing units imposed by the terms of a restrictive covenant. <a id=\"paragraph-240633\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/15.2-2290\/#C\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nUNIFORM REGULATIONS FOR MANUFACTURED HOUSING (\u00a7 15.2-2290)\n\nA. Localities adopting and enforcing zoning ordinances under the provisions of\nthis article shall provide that, in all agricultural zoning districts or\ndistricts having similar classifications regardless of name or designation where\nagricultural, horticultural, or forest uses such as but not limited to those\ndescribed in &#xA7; 58.1-3230 are the dominant use, the placement of\nmanufactured houses that are on a permanent foundation and on individual lots\nshall be permitted, subject to development standards that are equivalent to\nthose applicable to site-built single family dwellings within the same or\nequivalent zoning district.\n\nB. Localities adopting and enforcing zoning regulations under the provisions of\nthis article may, to provide for the general purposes of zoning ordinances,\nadopt uniform standards, so long as they apply to all residential structures\nerected within the agricultural zoning district or other districts identified in\nsubsection A of this section incorporating such standards. The standards shall\nnot have the effect of excluding manufactured housing.\n\nC. Local zoning ordinances adopting provisions consistent with this section\nshall not relieve lots or parcels from the obligations relating to manufactured\nhousing units imposed by the terms of a restrictive covenant.\n\nHISTORY: 1990, c. 840, \u00a7 15.1-486.4; 1991, c. 198; 1995, cc. 540, 583; 1997, c.\n587.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}