And as for Robbiejove not getting permission for his cat prior to moving in, well there is enough to worry about when moving as we all know. And with some EC’s taking their own good time to get around to doing anything let alone approving a pet, such as my EC, then even those with the best intentions may find themselves in breach of by not waiting for approval.
In my complex we have quite a few pet owners. And I know for a fact that not one of them has applied for official approval to keep them. Why? I believe most people believe that because the by laws state that permission will not be unreasonably refused and that this complex is advertised as pet friendly then that is permission enough.
And though I present myself as a stickler for following by laws, the fact that all pet owners in my complex are very responsible in not allowing them on common property and no noise or waste issues then these by laws are far more important than whether or not anyone has actually officially said yes to their being here. And with my EC, most pets would have died of old age before they got around to the approvals anyway.
Robbiejove has done the right things in keeping his cat inside his apartment. So no one had seen the cat, just the litter which could well have been purchased for someone else. If the little hadn’t been seen and Robbiejove continued to be a good resident pet owner, it may well have transpired that no one would have ever known there was a cat there.