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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>56111</law_id><section_number>55.1-1821</section_number><catch_line>Home-based businesses permitted; compliance with local ordinances</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="55.1">Property and Conveyances</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="IV">Common Interest Communities</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="18">Property Owners' Association Act</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="3">Operation and Management of Association</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> Except to the extent that the <span class="dictionary">declaration</span> provides otherwise, no <span class="dictionary">association</span> shall prohibit any <span class="dictionary">lot owner</span> from operating a home-based business within his personal residence. The <span class="dictionary">association</span> 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&#x2019;s lot related to such home-based business. Any home-based business shall comply with all applicable local <span class="dictionary">ordinances</span>. <a id="paragraph-205649" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/55.1-1821/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> If a <span class="dictionary">development</span> is located in a locality that classifies home-based child care services as an <span class="dictionary">accessory</span> or ancillary residential use under the locality&#x2019;s zoning <span class="dictionary">ordinance</span>, 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 <span class="dictionary">declaration</span> or (ii) restricted by the <span class="dictionary">association</span>&#x2019;s bylaws or rules as provided in subsection A. <a id="paragraph-205650" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/55.1-1821/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2013, c. 310, &#xA7; 55-513.2; 2019, cc. 2, 30, 712.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
