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It is likely that in this case, owners actually wear two hats – one as a member of the Owners Corporation, and one as 'person' who happens to be a proprietor.
It is quite possible that the legal position here would be that there are two separate legal entities involved in this matter. The Owners Corporation is a legal entity. Separate from that, each individual 'person' is a legal entity. And it is the legal entity called 'Person' that has to give the 'consent'. So even if the legal entity called the Owners Corporation has its members vote on a bylaw that says there is general 'consent' to allow clamping, that is probably not the same as a 'person' who is a proprietor (a separate legal entity) giving their individual consent. Similarly, the Owners Corporation cannot make any other decisions on behalf of individual proprietors (who have rights as citizens in our fair democracy) – and thank goodness for that! This is probably a straightforward legal question and all that is needed is some clear legal advice.