                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES AND GROUP HOMES OF EIGHT OR FEWER; SINGLE-FAMILY
RESIDENCE (§ 15.2-2291)

A. Zoning ordinances for all purposes shall consider a residential facility in
which no more than eight individuals with mental illness, intellectual
disability, or developmental disabilities reside, with one or more resident or
nonresident staff persons, as residential occupancy by a single family. For the
purposes of this subsection, mental illness and developmental disability shall
not include current illegal use of or addiction to a controlled substance as
defined in &#xA7; 54.1-3401. No conditions more restrictive than those imposed
on residences occupied by persons related by blood, marriage, or adoption shall
be imposed on such facility. For purposes of this subsection, &#8220;residential
facility&#8221; means any group home or other residential facility for which the
Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services is the licensing
authority pursuant to this Code.

B. Zoning ordinances for all purposes shall consider a residential facility in
which no more than eight aged, infirm or disabled persons reside, with one or
more resident counselors or other staff persons, as residential occupancy by a
single family. No conditions more restrictive than those imposed on residences
occupied by persons related by blood, marriage, or adoption shall be imposed on
such facility. For purposes of this subsection, &#8220;residential
facility&#8221; means any assisted living facility or residential facility in
which aged, infirm or disabled persons reside with one or more resident
counselors or other staff persons and for which the Department of Social
Services is the licensing authority pursuant to this Code.

HISTORY: 1990, c. 814, § 15.1-486.3; 1993, c. 373; 1997, c. 587; 1998, c. 585;
2007, c. 813; 2008, c. 601; 2009, cc. 813, 840; 2010, cc. 796, 847; 2012, cc.
476, 507; 2014, c. 238.