Common Property And Limited Common Property

An emergency that justified acting without authorization once should not become a standing excuse to act without it again. A robust and resilient Strata Community treats "it was necessary at the time" as a claim that has to be shown, not merely asserted.

Council has real authority to manage the common property, but that authority stops where a change becomes significant, and that line has been drawn by a fact-specific legal test the courts and the Civil Resolution Tribunal have applied consistently for years.

An Owner's request to alter a Strata Lot or the common property puts Council's discretion squarely in front of the significant-unfairness standard, whether or not a Bylaw expressly limits that discretion.