Re: All of a sudden we’re a ‘pet friendly’ building.

In answer to your questions, mattb, I did attend the AGM and I voted in favour of the pets by-law. As I said, I am generally in favour of pets in apartments (within reason, obviously). And before that, I had received the agenda with proposed new by-laws and received the minutes. Everything happened as it should.

The problem here is, as scotlandx has correctly gathered from my post, while the meeting where the pets by-law was passed was way back in May, with the new by-law registered shortly thereafter, the Executive Committee and Strata Manager have not circulated, published or posted the new by-laws. Nobody realizes permission has to be sought in writing, the EC has to reply with approval or otherwise in writing.

Meanwhile one apartment has a new owner and one real estate agent has recently re-leased two apartments here and all the new residents households have pets, yet none have applied for, nor been granted, permission, because some fool has just labelled us as a ‘pet friendly block’. In actual fact, the new by-law also has quite a few other important provisions relating to the pets behaviour and their owners too.

Mattb, I hope your struggle to pinpoint the issue can be over now. Thank you other helpful posters. I now know what needs to be done.