---
kind: "section"
citation: "7 C.F.R. § 3550.56"
title: "7"
number: "3550.56"
heading: "Site requirements."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/7/3550.56"
---

# §3550.56. Site requirements.

- (a) **Rural areas.** Loans may be made only in rural areas designated by RHS. If an area designation is changed to non-rural:
  - (1) New conditional commitments will be made and existing conditional commitments will be honored only in conjunction with an applicant for a [section 502](/cfr/7/502.md) loan who applied for assistance before the area designation changed.
  - (2) REO property sales and transfers with assumption may be processed.
  - (3) Subsequent loans may be made either in conjunction with a transfer with assumption of an RHS loan or to repair properties that have RHS loans.
- (b) **Site standards.** Sites must be developed in accordance with [7 CFR part 1924](/cfr/7/part1924.md), [subpart C](/cfr/7/subpartC.md) and any applicable standards imposed by a State or local government.
  - (1) The site must not be large enough to subdivide into more than one site under existing local zoning ordinances and
  - (2) The site must not include farm service buildings, though small outbuildings such as a storage shed may be included.

## Notes

### Amendments

[61 FR 59779, Nov. 22, 1996, as amended at 87 FR 6772, Feb. 7, 2022]

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; 42 U.S.C. 1480.

### Source

Source: 61 FR 59779, Nov. 22, 1996, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[61 FR 59779, Nov. 22, 1996, as amended at 87 FR 6772, Feb. 7, 2022]