I hear your pain, Sloan, but all of the problems you mention can be dealt with under by-laws that have nothing to with permission for pets specifically.
Our building became pet-friendly (after a battle that ended up with the creation of the Flat Chat newspaper column, all those years ago, funnily enough.) Pets are now a real social focus for people in the building who might otherwise not even greet each other.
However, the building management is absolutely ruthless when it comes to owners whose dogs are noisy or messy and who won’t so anything to fix it. Barking dogs (and their antisocial owners) are gone quicksmart.
Noisy stereos and TV cause more problems in strata buildings but you can’t ban them … just make sure their owners act responsibly.
Everything would be a lot easier if there was a way to warn prospective owners and tenants that while a building is ‘pet-friendly’, the EC is extremely noise, mess and smell unfriendly.
And I believe that buildings should be allowed to declare themselves pet-free for the many people who’d rather not live under the same roof as animals. But that has to be done right at the start – it’s not a horse you can easily change midstream.