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@PeterC said:
I don’t think you can charge people money to use property they already own!.
Their is always in any strata complex residents who find their lot is not big enough for them and so start appropriating the common area for their use. Why should an owner who obeys the rules have to put up with these people but they generally turn a blind eye because they want a quiet life.
BUT if they realize these people can be asked to pay for their seizing of common property they might be inclined to support people who enforce the bylaws.
On another post regarding car parking one owner was prepared to pay to use a part of the common property (which I think is reasonable if the EC or OC agree).
If their is common property available why shouldn’t the residents be allowed to use it for a fee, rather than it being a free for all scramble which applies to most complexes.
How you implement it would vary depending on which state you are in, but I’ve not seen anything that says it’s illegal.