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The case you refer to (which you will find HERE) also contains the answer to your question about being outvoted. The case was about an owner who used their majority votes to allow themselves to build into the common property loft space. Although the vote was 'legal' in terms of the strata Act, it was considered a “fraud against the minority” and struck down. At the same time a formula was established for the compensation due to the OC for the sale of the property.
That formula is based on the difference the addition of the common property makes to the value of the lot, minus the costs of developing the property, including legals. In your case, the cost of developing it would be minmal (legals aside).
In any case, you may find that an easier solution is to create an exclusive use by-law with restrictions on how the space can be used and a figure for leasing the space that increases with CPI every year. That way you avoid stamp duty and any future development of the space for other purposes while the other owners have security of tenure – the exclusive use by-law can only be revokes with their or subsequent owners' permission – that makes it worth developing the space as a garden.
Talk to an experienced strata lawyer about drawing up the by-law and to a real estate agent about the value of the space. And if you go ahead, make sure the person leasing the space pays the legal bill.