@chai said:
The committee of management of a new mixed commercial & residential building in Victoria has disallowed the application of a protective paint on the floor of a resident’s car parking lot…The reason for disallowing the floor paint was based on the OC rule: “An owner or occupier of a Lot must not in any way alter the external appearance of a Lot or any structure on a Lot including by any addition of any nature, change of colour, finish or decoration of any external wall or woodwork” (think is from the Victorian model rules)…
The committee can’t approve something that it thinks would be contrary to the rules. However, a general meeting resolution trumps the committee. It might be that the committee would agree that this protective paint would be a good idea but it believes it is acting properly by not exceeding its powers.
Regardless of the committee’s view, a general meeting could resolve that protective paint may be applied to parking spaces (perhaps specifying only certain locations or requiring a particular colour). It might be done as an amendment to the rules of the OC or it might be sufficient for the OC to resolve that a particular paint application would not contravene the rule because the protective paint would match the concrete and actually prevent more substantial alteration of appearance by oil stains that would be more difficult to remove. Such a resolution would provide guidance to the committee as to how the OC wishes the EC to interpret the OC’s rules.