Bill > HB1463

This bill amends existing Virginia law concerning zoning and nonconforming uses, specifically addressing manufactured homes. It clarifies that a landowner or homeowner can place a manufactured home, which meets the current HUD (U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development) manufactured housing code, on any open lot within a legally established, but nonconforming, mobile or manufactured home park, even if there isn't currently a manufactured home on that specific lot. Additionally, the bill modifies the definition of a continuous use for existing mobile or manufactured homes, stating that such a home will be considered validly nonconforming regardless of whether it was occupied during the preceding two-year period, which is a common timeframe used in zoning to determine if a nonconforming use has been abandoned. This change aims to provide more flexibility for owners of manufactured homes in nonconforming parks and to ensure that the nonconforming status of existing homes is maintained even if temporarily unoccupied.

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https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB1463