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The renovator may not know that a by-law is needed, so the Committee should not “assume” that these will be provided. In fact, the Committee should specify what is to be covered in the by-law to ensure the protection of other owners.
A single by-law can cover a full renovation with separate clauses for aircon, electrics etc.
The by-law should be as specific as it needs to be. It may be tested in the tribunal one day, so you don’t want to leave wriggle-room for the renovator to get out of his or her responsibilities. My building prepared a by-law recently giving all apartments permission to install aircon with the external units mounted on common property. The by-law included photographs, one for each lot, showing where the units could be mounted. It also included requirements for how the units should be attached, what materials could be used for attaching and what colour the external units should be, plus hours that trades could work. This is for a by-law that might not be used by some lots for another 10 years.