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12/07/2020 at 2:40 pm in reply to: Special resolution needed for landscaping common areas of garden? #50923
Some residents are not happy with the garden design, and now the two owners who’ve been doing all the work (all of their own volition) have made comments about what they want to do with the front of our block. Three of the owners do not agree, and don’t want our front garden touched.
12/07/2020 at 2:40 pm in reply to: Special resolution needed for landscaping common areas of garden? #50922It’s too late for the 35 year old palm trees worth thousands $$ – they have gone.
10/07/2020 at 4:02 pm in reply to: Special resolution needed for landscaping common areas of garden? #50890I should mention that I’m in NSW.
Only Strata Committee members were given a copy of the 13 page “Garden Report/Plan”.
I’ve made enquiries about the process to make our dog my son’s assistance animal. The dog meets all the criteria, and must undergo training and wear a trainee vest for 12 months.
The dog must go through a Public Access test after 12 months, and if he passes, he can be accredited and registered with Council as an assistance animal.
I don’t know if the owner’s corp would allow a trainee assistance dog?
@scotlandx said:
Sorry – this is getting silly. The by-law says you can’t keep an animal. You apply the ordinary meaning of the word.If you have an animal residing at the property, either temporarily or permanently, you are breaching the by-law.
Jimmy has given the solution, you can waste a lot of time and effort splitting hairs, and putting the other owners offside. Or you can take the route suggested by Jimmy which, if the situation is as you say, is likely to be successful.
So the neighbours were breaching the by-law by allowing their friends to bring their dogs over?
Not wanting to be silly, wanting to get things clear.
Thank you.
How does that apply to dogs visiting? I’ve been staying in the apartment (to renovate) in the past, (without our dog), and neighbours have had friends with their digs visiting.
@Lady Penelope said:
apartment-living: Are you able to include on this forum the full transcript of the Pet By-Law for your building?It is often the case that Lot owners perceive the by-law regarding pets to be a prohibitive by-law (a blanket prohibition) when in fact it is merely restrictive. The actual wording of the by-law will indicate this.
Thanks for your reply Lady Penelope,
The by-law is this:
KEEPING OF ANIMALS
Subject to 49(4), an owner or occupier of a lot must not keep an animal (except fish kept in a secure aquarium on the lot) on the lot or common property
Is this restrictive or a blanket prohibition? Any wriggle room?
Thanks
@JimmyT said:
When you say “go to those lengths …” it make me wonder whether this is as big a deal as you say. It also makes me wonder if you should be moving into an apartment at all – certainly one in this specific block.
If you just turn up with just a doctor’s note, you will be opening yourself up for a long an bitter dispute with your neighbours (which you will probably lose). The fact that this could be avoided with a little effort on your part seems not to concern you.
How about just trying to do the right thing? See my previous comment about “after all it’s my property”.
I am willing to do that, but am wondering if “a little effort” is enough, or if it’s a difficult thing to have a dog registered as an assistance dog. I have no experience of the process
It is a big deal for the emotional stability of my child.
Thanks for the links, I will make enquiries.
Yes, I want to do the right thing of course.
@JimmyT said:
Given the time that you have, the simplest answer may be to have the dog registered as an “assistance” animal for your son. Now, when I say “simplest” I have no idea how difficult that might be but if you can achieve it, the Owners Corp can’t refuse your dog.Have a look here – and then take it up with your local council.
Thanks very much for the suggestion. Do we need to go to those lengths, or can I apply on reasonable grounds, with a doctor’s letter?
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