VIRGINIA GENERAL ASSEMBLY WRESTLES WITH ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS (ADU) AND SHORT-TERM RENTAL (STR) REGULATION; A COURT RESOLVES A CASE ABOUT A COUNTY ORDINANCE- Senate Bill 304 seeks to preempt local authority on both ADUs and STRs and is vague and incomplete in its provisions. The bill requires a locality to include ADRs in its zoning ordinances for residential districts as a permitted accessory use. A property owner must obtain a permit for an ADU and if the property meets certain enumerated requirements the locality must issue the permit. The bill prohibits the locality from requiring speci ..read more

CA DAY IS NEXT SATURDAY!  On this Saturday, March 16th, our CA TEAM will be at the Virginia Beach Convention Center to participate in the annual CA DAY event. As usual we will have a booth and look forward to seeing those of you who attend. Our Team Member, Jeanne Lauer, will be speaking during a Legal Q&A session which will occur right after the lunch break. Information about the event can be found at www.sevacai.org or by calling the Chapter office at 757-558-8128.  As usual there will be a host of vendors and numerous educational sessions on a variety of relevant topics ..read more

            In an effort to keep you up to date on changes in the law and regulations, in this edition we want to update you on lender questionnaires for condominium communities and a new law regarding the termination of association management contracts. Lender Questionnaires – A Call to Action             Two entities, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, are the backers for, or purchasers of, most of the conventional loans in the country. These two government sponsored enterprises began devel ..read more

Inman & Strickler is pleased to announce that Robert Timms, Jr. and Gregory J. Montero are named as “Legal Elite” for 2022 by Virginia Business Magazine in the category of Business Law.  ..read more

We have observed that there are some association boards which are not aware of a distinction between state law requirements and necessary internal procedures for complaints. In this article we distinguish between the process to be followed for a complaint concerning a violation of state law or regulations vs. a complaint about the actions of a unit owner or other resident of the association which violates the declaration, bylaws or rules and regulations.  There is a state statute that requires that all associations have a procedure for filing complaints about state law issues, such as fai ..read more

Occasionally we have inquiries regarding the authority of an Association exercised by the Board of Directors to assign parking spaces located in the common areas for the exclusive use of particular unit or lot owners. The Supreme Court of Virginia issued a very important opinion in 2006 that illustrates that the authority of a property owners’ association, although generally including the power to regulate the use of the common areas, may not include the right to assign parking spaces unless such authority is specifically set forth in the declaration. White v. Boundary Association, Inc. involv ..read more

On June 14, 2022 from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. the local Community Associations Institute Chapter is putting on the Annual Legislative and Legal Update. It will be held at the Holiday Inn in Newport News just off of I-64 at J. Clyde Morris Blvd. Our firm’s CA Team members, Jeanne Lauer and Matt Weinberg will be speakers at the event.  Jeanne serves on the Statewide Legislative Action Committee for CAI and will be providing the latest news from the General Assembly session. Matt will be speaking on methods of dealing with difficult owner situations which have legal implications. Please take a look ..read more

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