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If an owner wants to install a skylight, is a 3/4 vote of the strata corporation required?
If an owner wants to install a skylight , the Schedule of Standard Bylaws would require approval from the council because a roof is common property. However, an alteration may also require a 3/4 vote, if the alteration is a significant change in the use (or appearance) of common property.
Please Note: Clark Wilson’s Strata Property Group represents a large number of strata corporations and strata managers. Therefore, we are unable to respond to strata-related inquiries from individual owners. If you are a current strata council member or strata manager and would like additional information on this topic, please contact our Strata Property Group.
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convenience of our visitors. While these questions and answers are
about legal issues, they are not a substitute for consultation with
a lawyer, and should not be relied on as a basis for any legal
decision. As with anything of a legal nature, different circumstances
can create different results.
