Hello again Ruffy, don’t worry – slanging matches rarely occur on FlatChat, and if matters head in that direction then the Moderator swiftly puts and end it!
So back to your subject – it’s not pets per se that are a problem in Strata Schemes, but rather that dogs almost always are for the reasons that I gave earlier.
That said, you’re correct in your assessment that the By-Laws “should balance the needs of the current owners”, but achieving that balance is problematic when a significant number of residents are not owners; that’s too often the case.
In order to progress matters without getting your Executive Committee (E/C) off-side, why not find out who the E/C Secretary is (your Strata Manager can tell you) and have an informal chat with them about the matter and flag your desire to raise it informally with other resident owners and perhaps with some of the long-term tenants (if any) prior to the upcoming AGM.
Even if that doesn’t go over well, at least you can then make an informed decision about whether to gauge support prior to the AGM in an effort to get that ≥75% support, to submit a Motion for the Agenda of the AGM, or to do nothing at all (for now).
By the way ….. have you read the precise wording of that Special By-Law, because in an ideal world such documents should be instructive rather than strictly prohibitive, so there may be an “out”?