@Paul H said:
The bylaw requires that changes to the type of flooring in a unit must be approved by the EC.
By the EC – not ‘EC members’ so, in this case, it has not been approved.
Such approval not to be unreasonably withheld etc
Well there’s a loophole big enough to dive a London bus through. Define unreasonable. However, there are other issues about flooring that are covered (or should be) by by-laws related to noise. I think once you have resolved this issue, you need to take a look at this by-law. The looser the better, in my book. I would have a by-law that simply said if anyone lays a floor that causes noise disturbance or allows noise to be transmitted from one lot to another lot, then it should be removed or carpeted over entirely, immediately and at the lot owner’s expense.
The bylaw does not specify the type of flooring required but if there is a change from the type of flooring installed when the bylaw was introduced, the the EC must approve, so the owner does not need OC approval, only EC.
And what if the EC approves a floor that turns out to be noisy?
I checked with the SM about the possibility that non attendance at two EC meetings was enough to get an owner thrown off the EC, and was told that there is no provision for this under the Act
Hmmm. Late night wanderings on the Interweb may have taken me to a website related to strata law in Victoria, Canada. It’s a bloody good idea though.