H. B. 3128
(By Mr. Speaker, Mr. Kiss, and Delegates Wills,
Staton, Webster, Amores and Mezzatesta)
[Introduced March 30, 2001; referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary.]
A BILL to amend article two-c, chapter forty-eight of the code of
West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as
amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated section
six, relating to exempting domestic violence shelters from
zoning restrictions, under certain circumstances.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That article two-c, chapter forty-eight of the code of West
Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be
amended by adding thereto a new section, designated section six, to
read as follows:
ARTICLE 2C. DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ACT.
§48-2C-6. Domestic violence shelters not in violation of zoning
rules and resolutions as to use.
Domestic violence shelters established pursuant to section
one, article two-c, chapter forty-eight of this code, called the
domestic violence act, shall not be subject to the enforcement of
municipal zoning ordinances on the basis of being in noncompliance
or variance with a particular use district: Provided, That as to
all other provisions of those ordinances, the ordinances will
control.
This section is new; therefore, Strike-throughs and
underscoring have been omitted.