Category : Land Use & Zoning

To B&B or Not to B&B: The Legal Question of Short Term Rentals

Apr 24,2014 / By John Colby Cowherd / 2 Comments

A reader of Words of Conveyance recently suggested I write about use of internet sites such as Airbnb, HomeAway, CraigsList and VRBO that help homeowners make short term rentals. Some cities with affordable housing shortages want to regulate or shut down short term rentals as “illegal hotels.” This week, Urban Turf reports that the New […]

Land Use & Zoning

Court Sentences Son for Storing Inoperable Vehicles at Mom’s House in Harrisonburg

Feb 12,2014 / By John Colby Cowherd / 2 Comments

I grew up in a rural county in Virginia. Seeing broken-down cars parked in front of a house was part of the landscape. The perfect backdrop for the Blue Collar Comedy Tour. If you are waiting to get the money to fix it, where else would you store a car that doesn’t work? In college, a […]

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