@scotlandx said:
In our building the landlord always does it because they are the owner, but perhaps it might be easier here if the tenant does.
Actually, I can now see how that could work, since the landlord can only seek permission for a pet that is going to live there under the terms of the by-laws. They could even reasonably ask for blanket approval for their unit under those terms. In some schemes (older ones, especially), ECs and strata managers refuse to have anything to do with the tenants and only deal with owners (even though tenants are now ‘interested parties’ under strata law).
However, I also know of plenty of landlords who couldn’t be bothered to apply for permission for a pet on their tenants’ behalf.
CORRECTION:
Re, the clause being in the lease, I had been misreading the original post and have edited my comments to avoid confusion for anyone coming to this discussion late. Apologies for any confusion I may have caused. However I’ll leave my comments about verbal agreements in the other response as they have a general application. The landlord can’t change the terms of the lease without the tenant’s approval or until the lease is renewed (or not).