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@Austman said:
On the issue of the need for a Special By-Law (SBL) where works are proposed that change the common property, doesn’t a special resolution suffice in circumstances where the Owners Corporation is prepared to consider works of the same types individually as opposed to giving a blanket consent to those via a SBL?
I was referring to a by-law that isn’t so much as a blanket consent as a condition that applies to all work, whether it’s approved or not. It’s a safety net provision. You are supposed to let the EC know you are planning to change your apartment and you are supposed to get proper permissions to alter common property, including (sensibly) provision for ongoing repair and maintenance. However, there are people who just go ahead and change stuff without letting anyone know so a blanket by-law will draw them (or subsequent purchasers) into the net if anything goes wrong. It also puts an added onus on purchasers of renovated units to make sure renovations have been done properly with the full knowledge of the Owners Corp.
Like Austman, I don’t think blanket approvals are a good idea but that wasn’t the intent of what I wrote.