Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Owner-business use of common space

[Michael Barrett (mbarrett]

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From: "S Fassnacht" <fassnach [at] ssc.wisc.edu>
To: <cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org>
Sent: Friday, December 08, 2006 9:54 AM
Subject: [C-L]_ Owner-business use of common space


> One of our prospective new members currently has a business that they
> would bring with them to the community were they to move in.

Particularly because the business is a day care, issues of liability and 
local government licensing need to be considered.  Since the business will 
operate on common ground, the LLP or LLC (or whatever legal structure you 
have) and the subsequent Homeowners' Association will almost surely have to 
share in these "complications".

I once did a little study of possible day care in a community Common House. 
Government regulations (here in Frederick County, MD) made it virtually 
impossible, to the extent that the relevant officials as good as told me 
"don't even think about it."

Michael Barrett