CHOA Information Bulletins
Access
Access and Accommodation: 300-861
To information / strata records: 200-004,300-522, 800-134, 800-305, 200-178
To records: 800-036, 800-058, 800-138, 300-666, 800-239
To strata lot: 800-136, 800-176, 800-200, 800-212, 800-279, 300-1014, 300-1104
To the strata corporation / Census: 300-696, 800-238
The Vancouver Police Department Access Agreement: 200-169
Administrators
Age restriction bylaws
Air Space Parcel Agreements
Amalgamation of strata lots
general information: 300-180,
Attics
general information: 200-014
Audits
general information: 300-987
Authority
authority, see “strata council”
rogue council, see “strata council”
council decisions, see “strata council”
strata governance, see “strata council: authority”
Accessibility
general information: 300-1004, 300-1158
BC Housing Accessibility Guide: Maintenance Matters No. 24 – Managing Accessibility for Multi-Family Properties in British Columbia – Research Centre – BC Housing
Checklists:
- Checklist for Accessible Landscaping and Outdoor Signage
- Checklist for Accessible Outdoor Seating and Amenities
- Checklist for an Accessible Main Building Entrance
- Checklist for Accessible Parking
- Checklist for Accessible Elevators
- Checklist for Accessible Stairs (Indoor and Outdoor)
- Checklist for Accessible Ramps (Indoor and Outdoor)
- Checklist for Handrails for Stairs, Ramps and Corridors
- Checklist for Accessible Indoor Surfaces
- Checklist for Accessible Residential Dwelling Units
- Checklist for Accessible Washrooms in Common Areas
- Checklist for Accessible Seating in Indoor Common Areas
- Checklist for Accessible Signs and Signage
- Checklist for Preventing Noise
- Checklist for Controlling Indoor Air Quality
- Checklist for Lighting
- Checklist for Accessible Interior Common Amenities
- Checklist for Accessible Doors
- Checklist for Accessible Corridors and Lobbies
- Checklist for Guidelines for Clear Paths of Travel for Accessibility
- Checklist for Accessible Building Controls
- Checklist References
Alterations
Alterations to common property: 200-015, 300-018, 200-063, 300-490, 300-532, 800-090, 200-088, 200-099, 800-113, 300-593, 300-598, 300-540, 300-640, 300-650, 800-214, 300-795, 300-805,300-811
Alterations to common property, Energy Upgrades: 300-993, 300-1058
Alterations to a strata lot: 200-001, 300-012, 800-079, 800-102, 300-568, 800-180, 300‐681, 800-262, 300-728, 300-902, 300-1011
Alteration agreements: 300-683, 800-278, 300-741, 300-941
Alterations and Managing Environmental Risks: 200-153
Alterations and requests made by buyers: 800-271, 300-769
Alterations made by a previous owner: 300-982
Alterations made by a tenant: 300-929, 300-1141
Balconies: 300-169, 300-490, 800-082
Checklist for alterations: Before you give permission: 400-047
Civil Resolution Tribunal (CRT) comments on alterations: 200-170
Community gardens: 800‐221
Door Bell Cameras: 200-255
Depreciation reports: 300-485
General information: 300-195, 300-198, 300-497, 300-496, 800-046, 800-050, 800-057, 300-514, 200-077, 300-542, 300-726, 800-273, 300-732, 200-001, 300-988
Impact on warranties: 300-193
Retroactive Alterations: 300-1140
The case of the Too Low Railing: 200-148
The Difficulty in Enforcing Alteration Agreements: A Case Study of a 53 Unit Townhouse Complex: 200-164
Unauthorized expenses: 300-651
Undisclosed / unapproved alterations: 300-677, 300-734
What is a structural change to a strata lot?
Annual General Meeting / Special General Meeting
Adjourning general meetings: 300-627, 300-838
Agendas – Who sets the agenda? 800-265
Authority of council at AGM: 800-189
Calculating a vote: 300-909
Chair: 800-098, 300-618, 800-164, 300-801
Checklist: 400-016
Definition: 300-664
Directing strata council: 300-964
Disruptive behaviour: 300-1155
Electronic Meeting Information: see “Electronic General Meetings”
First AGM: 400-041, 300-495, 800-043, 800-177, 800-222, 300-704
How to Conduct: 800-049, 800-075, 300-807,300-840
New business: 800-201
Notice: 300-093, 800-107, 800-140, 800-150, 300-660, 300-1079, 300-1122
Notice requirements for an electronic general meeting: 300-887
Order of business: 400-028, 400-501
Planning/preparation: 800-181
Requirement for AGM:
Resolutions: 300-932
“Restricted” proxy meetings: 300-914
Sample notice: 400-031
Section 40-57: 400-027
Sending notice during a mail strike:600-021, 300-1146
Scrutineers: 800-100
Video taping meetings: 800-170
Waiving notice: 400-026
Balconies & Decks
alterations: 300-169, 300-490, 800-117
barbeques, bylaws: 300-493, 800-282, 300-754, 200-222 (Be Aware Of Risks Associated With Barbecues on Balconies), 300-1059
Maintenance Matters #26: Building Excellence Research Bulletin – Balcony Overloading & Weight Restrictions
Maintenance Matters #22: Building Excellence Research Bulletin – Balcony Overloading & Weight Restrictions
general information: 800-161, 300-1208
repair and maintenance, see “repair and maintenance”
Bill 44 Building and Strata Statutes Amendments Act, 2022
Budgets
Building envelopes
maintenance, see “repair and maintenance”
Bulletins
Bulletins, see “strata council”
Buying & Selling
Buyer’s documents: 800-002, 300-536, 800-108, 300-646, 300-666, 800-209, 300-935, 300-1073, 300-1148, 300-1157
Buying a Rental Investment: 800-171
Buying a Short term accommodation investment: 300-1083
Civil Resolution Tribunal (CRT): 300-697
Caretakers, see “caretakers”
Conditional Demands from Potential Buyers:800-252
Depreciation reports: 300-587, 300-720
Disclosure of judgements and CRT decisions: 300-998
Does a tenancy end when a strata lot is sold? 200-145
Forms, see “Forms: Form B Information Certificate”
General information: 800-073, 800-106, 300-568, 800-129, 800-242, 300-951, 300-982
Home buying without conflicts: 300-527
Insurance disclosure: 300-915
Liquidation: see “Winding up a strata corporation”
Move in costs: 800-014
Repair, see “repair and maintenance”
Rules: 800-152
Rush fee for sales certificates:
Selling your condo: 300-504, 300-554, 300-1051
Vacation Properties & Foreign Investment:
What restricts a sale?: 800-061, 300-516
What to know when buying a strata lot: 400-004, 300-105, 300-166, 300-172, 300-175, 300-176, 300-179, 300-183, 300-191, 300-839, 300-595, 300-686, 300-1156
Bare land strata
bare land common expenses: 300-567
bylaws: 300-916
depreciation impact: 300-470
general information: 300-192, 300-566
land use: 300-1081
Out of Sight….Out of Mind: A Proactive Approach to Addressing Aging Below Ground Infrastructure in Bare Land Stratas: 200-282
Unraveling Bareland Strata Insurance: 200-283
Builder liens
general information: 300-048
Businesses
home based businesses: 300-545
Bylaws
Age bylaws, see “age bylaws”
Amendments: 300-511
Amendment procedures: 400-025, 300-693
Christmas trees: 800-208
Civil Resolution Tribunal, see “Civil Resolution Tribunal Act”
CRT Comments on Filing Bylaws and Contingency Reserve Fund Expenditure: 200-161
Commercial stratas: 800-187, 300-645
Complaints: Must they be in writing? 300-742
Conditional Bylaws: 300-740
Enforcement: 200-016, 300-492, 200-083, 200-094, 800-163, 800-168, 300-639, 300-657, 300-695, 800-237, 800-245, 300-711, 300-772, 300-989
Enforcement procedures: 200-147, 300-710, 300-1085
Filing bylaws: 800-027, 800-135, 300-744, 300-746
Fines: 800-026, 800-127, 300-736, 200-212, 200‐214 (The Case of the Failed Fines)
Flooring, see “flooring”
General information: 300-032, 300-130, 800-037, 800-179, 800-244, 300-739, 300-1049, 300-1086, 300-1111
Forced labour: 800-226
Grandfathering: 800-018
Hearings: see “Hearings”
Mixed use developments: 300-537, 300-653
Municipal bylaws, see “municipal bylaws”
Noise bylaws, see “noise”
Pets, see “pet bylaws”
Registration process: 200-087
Rental bylaws, see “rental bylaws”
Repair and maintenance, see “repair and maintenance”
SAMPLE notice of bylaw violation: 400-030
Smoking bylaws, see “smoking”
The Case of the Flawed Fine Bylaw: 200-155
The Case Of The Fleeting Fines: 200-244
Types: 800-011
Use of CP: 400-013
Versus rules: 400-010, 300-763
Violation analysis form: 400-040
Writing bylaws: 300-629
Caretakers
buying & selling caretakers suite: 800-110, 300-822
caretaker suite rentals: 300-1110
complaints, see “complaints”
job description: 400-003 (PDF), 400-003 (Word Document)
supervision of: 800-048
CHOA Survey Results
Exploring Possible Changes to the Strata Property Act Survey Summary: 200-257
Collections
Chargebacks: Ensuring they are collectable: 200-142
Strata Alert: Collecting The Costs Of Collections: 200-246
Demand notice (sample): 400-033
General information: 800-028, 300-700, 800-277, 300-743
Estates: 200-126
Fines: 800-059, 300-517, 300-623
Foreclosures:
Insurance deductibles: 800-284
Landlords responsibility for tenants fines: 300-039
Legal costs: 200-194
Liens: 200-080, 200-100, 300-562, 800-182, 200-133, 800-293, 200-202, 300-1032
Limitation periods: 300-671
Minute Taking (how to record collections in the minutes): 300-773
Order for sale application: 200-029
Reversing old claims: 300-1026
Sample Monthly Receivables report: 400-503
Strata fee diversion bylaws: 300-719
Committees
general information: 600-020
Communication Agreements
Complaints
caretakers: 800-041
Consultants
general information: 300-637
Converting a strata corporation
Converting a strata corporation: 300-969
Contracts
Court Actions
general information: 300-655
Crawl spaces
general information: 200-014
Certificate of Payment
Certificate of Payment, see “Forms”
Christmas trees
Civil Resolution Tribunal (CRT)
Bylaws: 300-659
Bylaws & Selling: 300-697
Disputes, see “general information”
Enforcement of a CRT Order: 200-177
Enforcing Bylaws: 300-695, 800-237
General information: 300-624, 300-632, 300-714, 200-175,200-184, 200-189, 200-201, 200-208, 200-209, 200-211
Jurisdiction: 200-171, 200-217 Supreme Court Clarifies Jurisdiction of the Civil Resolution Tribunal Over Strata Claims
Legislative Update: CRT: 700-007
Official mailing address of the strata corporation: 300-852
The Long and Winding Road: When a Strata Property Order Made by the Civil Resolution Tribunal is a Part of the Journey and Not a Final Destination: 200-262
Commercial stratas
Common Property
Alteration to CP, see “Alterations”
Assessment: 200-039
Bylaws regarding use of CP: 400-013, 800-301
How is common property determined? 800-232, 200-216 (How Do I Figure What Is Common Property In My Strata Plan?)
Leases: 200-210
Repair and maintenance, see “repair and maintenance”
selling common property: 300-953
Service lines and strata, see “repair and maintenance”
Subdividing common property: 300-1078
Conflict of Interest
Contingency Reserve Funds
CRT Comments on Filing Bylaws and Contingency Reserve Fund Expenditure: 200-161
general information: 800-042, 300-905
interest (earned on the CRF): 300-789, 300-1002
investing: 600-003, 300-581, 300-617, 800-264
line of credit:
new regulations that affect your annual budget: 300-466
Nov 1, 2023 Legislative Update: 300-1066
Corporations
is your strata a corporation?: 400-017
First Nation leasehold condos:
COVID-19
BC’s Restart Plan – Step 3, effective July 1, 2021: 400-513
Condo Smarts (March 16/20) Managing through a crisis:300-883
Condo Smarts (March 26/20) Do we have to continue paying strata fees? 300-884
Condo Smarts (April 2, 2020) Business as normal?: 300-885
Condo Smarts (April 9, 2020) How do electronic meetings work? 300-886
Condo Smarts (April 16, 2020) Notice requirements 300-887
Condo Smarts (April 23, 2020) Electronic meetings: 300-888
Condo Smarts (April 30, 2020) Do we continue to pay strata fees?: 300-889
Condo Smarts (May 7, 2020) Electronic meetings under emergency orders: 300-890
Condo Smarts (June 4, 2020) Return your strata to a safe work place & operating facility: 300-894
Condo Smarts (Sept 3, 2020) What’s your COVID policy:300-906
Condo Smarts (Nov 26, 2020) Managing your property during COVID‐19 restrictions: 300-919
Condo Smarts (April 15, 2021) Condo COVID updates revisited: 300-937
Condo Smarts (June 17, 2021) What is a Safety Plan for Covid Operations?: 300-946
Condo Smarts (Sept. 2, 2021): Do we have to impose masks? 300-957
Condo Smarts (Sept 9, 2021): Masks and Vaccine Cards 300-958
Condo Smarts (Sept 23, 2021): Vaccine passports 300-960
Covid Safety Plan: 400-512 BC Restart Congregation Safety Plan‐ Outdoor Meetings Safety Plan
Electronic Attendance at a Strata Corporation General meeting 600-015
Managing Coronavirus Risks & Strata Corporation General Meetings: 600-014
SAMPLE: Voting Summary
A poster strata corporation may want to print & post: Reducing the spread of viruses – including COVID-19
Covenants
restrictive covenants: 300-132
Depreciation Reports
Alterations & depreciation reports, see “Alteration”
Bare-land stratas: 300-470, 800-015
Budgets: 300-474, 300-476, 300-487, 300-499
Communication: 300-614
Depreciation planning & money: 300-469, 300-471, 800-111, 300-669
Exemption: 300-475
Expanded List of Qualified Professionals: 700-023 – OIC 497-2025
General information: 800-007, 300-533, 800-080, 300-547, 300-551, 300-559, 300-579, 200-107, 200-123, 200-134, 800-254, 300-764, 300-1203
July 1, 2024 depreciation report legislative update: 300-1092, 300-1093, 300-1109
New regulations that affect your annual budget: 300-466
Oct 27, 2025: Legislative Amendment: Bulletin 700-023 – OIC 497-2025 Expanded list of Professionals who can prepare a DR or EPR
Planning for Renewals: 200-144
Preparing Documents For Your First Depreciation Report Or Report Renewal: 200-224
Risk tolerance: 300-500
Sample: Depreciation Report Request for Proposal: 400-049
Updates: 300-608
What if we just say NO to depreciation reports?: 300-467
What you need to know: Depreciation Reports: 400-007
Disputes
Dryer vents
Dryer vents, see “repair and maintenance”
Events
parking: 300-589
Easements
Electrical Planning Reports
CHOA Bulletin 200-295: Update on Electric Vehicles, Heat Pumps, and Electrical Planning Reports – What a Council Needs to Know
General information: 300-1074, 300-1076, 300-1088, 300-1109
Guidance for the Preparation of Electrical Planning Reports for Strata Corporations in British Columbia: The guide is designed for EPR providers. Strata corporations are advised to ensure that they hire a Qualified Person to prepare the EPR and ensure that their provider has read the guide.
- Guidance for the Preparation of Electrical Planning Reports for Strata Corporations in British Columbia
- Electrical Planning Report (EPR) Template (word doc)
- Electrical Planning Report – Workbook (word doc)
- Electrical Planning Report – Workbook (excel format)
REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL – Electrical Planning Report Services: CHOA Bulletin 400-518
Oct 27, 2025: Legislative Amendment: Bulletin 700-023 – OIC 497-2025 Expanded list of Professionals who can prepare a DR or EPR
Electric Vehicles
A CHOA Research Study: Installation of Electric Vehicle Charging Stations on Strata Properties in British Columbia
CHOA Bulletin 200-295: Update on Electric Vehicles, Heat Pumps, and Electrical Planning Reports – What a Council Needs to Know
EV Charging and the Low Carbon Fuel Standard: A Guide for Strata Corporations: 600-019
General information: 300‐679, 300-513, 300-556, 300-788, 200-193, 300-834, 200-213, 300-865, 300-1009, 300-1040, 300-1062
Providing Convenient, Cost‐Effective Electric Vehicle Charging in Multifamily Buildings: Now is the Time to Make Your Condominium Building “EV Ready”: 200-251
Electronic General Meetings
Electronic attendance / Electronic meeting general information: 300-574, 300-886, 300-888, 300-890, 300-893, 300-900, 200-225, 300-923, 300-930, 300-934
Proxies: 300-1098
SAMPLE: Electronic Meeting Bylaw
SAMPLE Participant Instructions for Zoom Meetings: 400-511 (PDF doc), 400-511 (Word Document)
Emails
Emails, see “Strata Council”
Film shoots
Fire Safety
General Information: 200-302
Forms
Certificate charges: 800-012
Costs: 800-216
Fees (including rush fees): 800-078, 300-970, 300-1008
Form A Proxy Appointment (Optional Form): Sample Form
Form B Information Certificate: SPA Form B Information Certificate
Form B Information Certificate – bulletins: 300-183, 300-464, 800-047, 300-565, 300-642, 800-225, 300-709, 800-251, 300-1198
Form E Certificate of Strata Corporation: 400-037
Form F Certificate of Payment: Sample Form
Form F Certificate of Payment (Bulletins): 800-004, 800-172, 300-658, 800-227, 800-289
Form K Notice of Tenant’s Responsibilities:800-068
Registration: 200-087
Finances
Accounting for funds separately: 300-774
Audits, see “Audits”
Basic financial management policies: 300-904
Borrowing money: 300-510, 300-750, 300-831
Budgeting, see “Budgets”
Contingency reserve funds, see “contingency reserve funds”
Disbursements:
Financial literacy: The Annual Operating Budget: 200-146
Financial literacy, The Statement of Operations (Income Statement): 200-140
Fraud prevention: 400-035, 300-881
General information: 300-189, 800-039, 800-043, 300-561, 200-075, 200-132
How safe is your money?
Misuse of funds: 300-165
Sample Monthly Receivables report: 400-503
Operating fund, see “operating fund”
Foreshore Rights
Foreshore Rights: 300-1106
Garages
Townhouse Garages: 300-468
General information
Hardship
Heat pumps
General information: 300-1101, 300-787, 300-1154
BC Housing Guide: Make-Up Air Units and Corridor Pressurization
BC Housing Guide: Detailing Guide for Heat Pump Penetrations in Existing Buildings – Research Centre – BC Housing
CHOA Bulletin 200-270: Heat Pumps & Air Conditioners – What A Council Needs To Know
CHOA Bulletin 200-295: Update on Electric Vehicles, Heat Pumps, and Electrical Planning Reports – What a Council Needs to Know
CHOA Guide 400-451: Considering Bylaws for Heat Pump and Air Conditioner Installations
Significant change (is installation of a heat pump significant?): 300-1118
Technical Safety BC: HEAT PUMPS: REGULATIONS, REQUIREMENTS & CERTIFICATION
Hot Tubs
portable hot tubs:
Information Certificate
Information Certificate, see “Forms”
Invoices
old invoices:
Insurance
And bare-land stratas: 300-197
And lawsuits: 300-196, 800-248
Annual reporting requirements: 300-1149
Betterments: 300-1164
Commercial insurance: 300-911
Commissions / undisclosed commissions: 300-899
Complications: 300-600, 300-609
Damage inside a suite can fall under “common assets”:
Deductibles: 200-058, 200-059, 800-008, 800-097, 800-173, 200‐129, 300-780, 300-794, 300-826, 300-856, 33-857, 300-867, 300-872, 300-876, 300-931, 300-954, 300-1060, 300-1165
Disclosure: 300-915
Duplex insurance:
Financing Insurance: 300-701
General information: 300-479, 300-503, 300-519, 300-546, 300-553, 200-079, 300-847, 300-878, 300-882, 300-891, 300-1028, 300-1065
High deductibles / inability to obtain insurance: 300-875, 300-877, 200-215 (Owners Reimbursing Strata Corporations for High Insurance Deductibles), 200-219 How do Strata Corporations and Owners Manage the Dramatic Increase in Insurance Rates?
Homeowner insurance: 300-596, 800-224, 300-1139
Homeowner insurance losses:
Impact of high insurance risk: 300-428
Incident report (sample): 400-032
Insurance Cost Losses: 300-450
Insurance Coverage on Upgrades:
Insurance liability:
Legislative Update:300-898 (June 23, 2020), 300-908 (Sept 2020)
Options how to pay for an insurance policy: 300-966
Owners’ rights for insurance coverage: 300-477
Personal insurance: 300-535, 800-077, 300-539, 200-115
Repair to damage flowchart: 200-149a
Rising insurance: 300-543, 300-869, 300-907
Sewer back up: 300-738
Special levies / Special levies to pay for a deductible: 300-086, 300-143, 800-063, 800-173, 300-880, 300-897, 300-928, 300-1037
Staying informed: 300-933
Strata corporation insurance: 600-004,800-300, 300-1056
Strata Funds Insurance:
Tenant damages, see “Rentals and Rental Bylaws”
Using an Insurance Broker: 200-167
Vacant strata lots: 300-1097
When disaster strikes: 300-1070
Investors
general information: 800-171
Landscaping
Lawsuits
Leaky Condos
Liens
Liens, see “collections”
Limited Common Property
Lock Boxes
general information: 300-611
Landlords
Laundry
laundry room facilities: 200-050
Lawyers
list of strata lawyers: 400-005
Legal fees
Legislative Updates
Oct 27, 2025: Legislative Amendment: Bulletin 700-023 – OIC 497-2025 Expanded list of Professionals who can prepare a DR or EPR
Bill 44: 300-1021 , 300-1022, 300-1023, 300-1024
CHOA Bulletin 700-017: Legislative Update: BILL 44 – 2022 BUILDING AND STRATA STATUTES AMENDMENT ACT, 2022
CRMA Regulation – Remote Strata Meetings: COVID-19 Related Measures Act – On February 16, 2021, a regulation under the COVID-19 Related Measures Act confirmed that strata corporations may continue to conduct remote meetings until July 10, 2021, regardless of when the state of emergency declared under the Emergency Program Act ends.
Electric Vehicle Charging and Electric Management Regulation – Order-in-Council, (OIC 261-23) Dec 6, 2023
- CHOA Information Release – NEW REGULATIONS REQUIRE AN ELECTRICAL PLANNING REPORT AND MAKE IT EASIER FOR OWNERS TO INSTALL EV CHARGING STATIONS IN A STRATA CORPORATION
- CHOA Bulletin 700-021 – Legislative Update: EV Charging and Electrical Planning Reports
- Government of BC Strata website: Electric vehicle charging in strata corporations
Legislative Amendment: Bulletin 700-013 – Ministerial Order M114
Legislative Amendment: Bulletin 700-014 – Order in Council No 270
Legislative Amendment: Bulletin 700-011 – Bill 14
Legislative Amendment: Bulletin 700-012 – Order in council No 499
Civil Resolution Tribunal (CRT): 700-007
Guide Dog & Service Dog Act: 700-005
Ministerial Order No. M114 ELECTRONIC ATTENDANCE AT STRATA PROPERTY MEETINGS (COVID-19) ORDER CLICK HERE
Order in Council (OIC 270 2020) May 29, 2020 – The BC Government announced amendments to the Strata Property Regulations, specifically allowing an insurance premium to be funded from the contingency reserve fund without a 3/4 vote and allowing a strata corporation another two months to call their annual general meeting as long as there is a declaration of a state of emergency or if a declaration of a state of local emergency is in effect in the region your strata is located.
Strata Property Regulation 1.1 & 6.11 – clarifying deposit insurance requirements: 700-010
Strata Property Regulation 6.9 – User Fees: 700-008
Strata Property Regulation 7.1 – Increased fines for short-term rental bylaws: 700-009
Winding Up a Strata Corporation: 700-006
Mailboxes
Management
Authority to enter into Contracts on behalf of the strata: 300-761
Changing Strata Management Companies? 5 Things You Need to Know: 200-242
Checklist – list of responsibilities: 400-023
Commissions: 300-687
Contracts / management agreements : 200-007, 300-610, 300-541, 300-691, 800-302, 300-802, 300-971, 200-114, 800-215,
Contract renewals (increasing management fees): 300-977
Errors: 300-620
Hiring a Strata Manager: 300-702
Keeping You Informed: RECBC’s Payments and Benefits Disclosure Information for Strata Corporations form: 200-236
Licensing: 400-036
Payments and Benefits Disclosure Information for Strata Corporations: 200-245
Request for Proposal: 400-042
Understanding The Role Of The Strata Manager: What We’ve Learned From COVID‐19: 200-227
What Is the Strata Manager’s Role?: 200-252
Memorial Gardens
Memorial Gardens on Common Property: 300-698
Maintenance
Maintenance, see “Repair and Maintenance”
Marijuana
Minutes
Municipal Bylaws
Open houses
general information: 300-176
Operations Planning
Creating an Operations Plan: 400-505, 300-903,
General: 300-870
SAMPLE- Operations Planning Chart: 400-508 (PDF file), 400-508 (excel file)
Order for sale
order for sale application: 200-029
Owner Developers
new developments, see “Annual General Meeting: first AGM”
Parking
allocations: 800-023, 300-518, 300-524, 800-089, 800-145, 800-149, 800-165, 800-194, 800-195
electric vehicles: see “electric vehicles”
A CHOA Research Study: Installation of Electric Vehicle Charging Stations on Strata Properties in British Columbia
events, see “events”
general information: 200-055, 800-071, 300-529, 600-001, 200-090, 300-577, 800-123, 800-261, 300-799, 300-845
importance of registered documents: 300-483
incorrect information, see “Forms: Form B Information Certificate”
Insurance decals: 300-994, 400-515
selling common property: 300-953
user fees: 800-055
Phased stratas
Pools
Presales
Are Pre‐Incorporation Cost‐Sharing Agreements Enforceable?: 200-237
Pets
Aggressive Dogs: 300-1145
Bylaws: 800-010, 800-044, 800-010, 800-056, 800-072, 800-076, 800-139, 800-154, 300-625, 800-169, 800-188, 800-196, 800-203
Exemptions: 800-035
General information: 300-571, 800-121, 800-263, 300-943, 300-1016
Guide dogs / Guide Dog & Service Dog Act: 200-141, 800-234, 800-247
Service Pets: 300-1013
Pipes
Pot
Privacy
At‐a‐glance: Updated Privacy Guidelines for Strata Corporations and Strata Agents: 200-258
general information: 300-778, 200-258, 300-1072, 300-1159
Personal Information Protection Act (PIPA): 200-128
privacy legislation: 200-036,
privacy officer: 300-505
Privacy Guidelines for Strata Corporations and Strata Agents (OIPC Guide)
Surveillance: see “Surveillance cameras”
Podium Information
Maintenance Matters 25: Podium Overloading and Weight Restriction: Maintenance Matter No.25 – Podium Overloading and Weight Restriction – Research Centre – BC Housing
Replacing Podium Waterproofing: 600-008
Prostitution
Radon
Radon: 200-190
Real Estate Services Act (RESA)
compensation fund insurance:
Records
Remuneration of council member
general information: 300-066
Rentals and Rental Bylaws
as an investment: 300-175, 800-171
general information: 200-010, 300-494, 300-569, 800-114, 300-583, 800-124, 800-128, 300-615, 600-002, 300-631, 200-122, 300-707, 300-896
Form K & rental bylaws: 300-459, 800-068
illegal suites:
impact on buyers: 300-191
Rental Housing Task Force: 300-821
rental inventory: 300-630, 300-792
rental screening: 300-605, 800-285
rental termination after sale: 300‐685
tenant damages: 800-174
to rent or not to rent:
roommates: 200-182
Record Keeping
email records: 300-641
fees for records:300-984
first year of a strata:
general information: 300-119, 800-109, 300-745, 300-771
importance of registered documents: 300-483
new stratas:300-1107
notice: 800‐223
owners lists: 300-806
privacy of records: 800-183, 200-221The Case Of Too Much Information
websites and institutional memory: 300-950
what records must the strata keep? 400-014
who owns the records? 800-134
Recording meetings
general information 200-012
Renovations
general information: 200-188
Repair and Maintenance
balconies and decks: 200-040, 300-594, 300-601, 300-817
best practices & practice tips for addressing major repairs: 200-105a, 200-105b, 300-828
bids and quotes: 300-706, 800-250, 300-868, 300-1152
bonding: 300-1010
building envelope: 200-041
ceilings: 800-137
contracts, see “contracts”
court actions, see “court actions”
damage caused by strata corp. lack of repair and maintenance: 300-1025
deferred maintenance: 800-266, 300-949, 300-1061, 300-1112
delay in repairs: 300-1068
Designing a Risk Management Program: 200-220, 200-220 Supplement – SAMPLE Operations Planning Chart (PDF Doc) OR 200-220 Supplement – SAMPLE Operations Planning Chart (Excel Format)
drainage: 300-819
exterior doors & windows: 300-431, 800-297
financing options: 300-873, 300-976
furnace and boilers: 200-109
general information: 300-187,300-555, 200-082, 200-086, 200-098, 300-575, 300-813
maintenance programs: 200-043, 300-961
major repair conflicts: 300-441
Major Repairs ‐ What a Council Needs to Know: 200‐261
replacing the piping, see “pipes”
repair of common property: 200-011, 200-013, 200-023, 300-050, 800-104, 300-580, 300-835
repair of limited common property: 200-022, 300-050, 800-112, 800-126, 300-855
repair of a strata lot: 300-694, 300-713, 300-716
roofs: 800-260
service lines and strata: 300-512
strata Corporation’s responsibility for repairing a strata lot: 200-176, 300-1003
townhouse maintenance: 800-119,
Ventilation:
who pays the damage:
windows, see “windows”
Satellite dishes
general information: 800-116
Signage
general information: 400-009
Smoking
Bylaws regarding smoking in stratas: 400-018, 200-061, 300‐682
Court enforcement of a no smoking bylaw: 200-138
General information: 300-484, 200-091, 300-588, 800-131, 800-241
Laws regarding smoking in BC stratas: 200-067
Non smoking buildings: 300-465
Top 5 Reasons For Adopting A Non‐Smoking Bylaw: 200-284
Snow removal
general information: 300-815
Special levies
Are special levies for contingency contributions valid? 300-854
Communication: 300-614
General information: 300-478, 800-122, 800-143, 200-120, 300-768, 300-874, 300-991
Harmonized (Special levy and CRF) resolutions: 300-942
How to calculate a special levy: 800-303
Insurance: 800-063
Interest revenue: 300-843
Payouts: 300-676
Refunds: 800-144, 800-287, 800-202, 300-853, 300-962, 300-1094, 300-1095, 300-1147
Resolutions: 800-151
Special Levy surplus: 800-272
The Case of the Invalid Special Levy Resolution: 200-239
Strata Council
Administration: 300-667, 600-007, 300-974
Authority: 300-472; 300-473, 800-022, 800-067, 300-550, 300-644, 800-283, 800-217,
Best practices: 800-184, 200-183
Communication – communicating with owners by email: 400-045
Compensation / remuneration: 800-064, 300-523, 800-270, 300-985, 300-1160
Confidentiality: 300-689
Council decisions / how strata council makes decisions: 800-141, 300-735, 300-1030
Council meetings: 800-075, 400-500, 300-618
Conflict of Interest: 300-779
Does A Power of Attorney Have The Power To Be On Strata Council?: 200-254
Elections and inability to elect a strata council: 300-564, 200-124, 300-863, 300-944, 300-1120
Eligibility: 800-033, 800-185, 300-816, 300-818, 200-196, 300-1001
Emails & electronic communication: 300-454, 300-607, 300-618, 300-641, 300-668, 400-045
Expanding the number and eligibility of strata council members: 200-020, 800-095, 300-936
How are the Procedures Determined to Elect a Strata Council? 200-157
Leadership Opportunities at Your Doorstep: 200-281
Liability: 200-047, 300-421, 200-118, 300-851
Meeting notice: 800-018, 800-029, 800-118
Removing a strata council: 300-1064
Resignations: 300-612
Responsibilities: 300-164, 300-492, 300-570, 300-573
Rogue council: 800-133, 300-638, 300-1053
Role description: 200-025, 300-825
Troublesome owners:
Violations: 200-131
When a council member violates bylaws: 300-424
What A Strata Council Needs To Know: 200-280
What if no one will be on council? 300-648
What is a conflict of interest? 300-599
Strata Fees
Strata Management
Strata Management, see “Management”
Strata Property Act
changes to the Strata Property Act:
section 40-57: 400-027
Surplus
general information:
Sections
allocation of expenses: 400-011, 300-445, 300-578, 800-192
BCLI consultation: Sections, Types & Phases: 200-152
cancelling sections: 300-622, 200-117
general information: 300-444, 300-613, 800-162, 300-917
proxies, see “proxies”
resolving disputes between sections: 300-446
versus types: 400-011
who has the authority to represent the strata: 300-447
Seniors Issues
Warehousing: 300-699
Sex Offender
general information: 300-703
Short Term Accommodation
general information: 800-153, 800-190, 200-127, 300-747, 300-725, 300-824, 200-179, 200-200, 200-198, 300-945, 300-963, 300-967, 300-1067, 300-1069, 300-1075
Prohibited Buildings Program Helps Protect Vancouver Strata Corporations From Unauthorized Short‐Term Rentals: 200-240
The Case of the Unproven Short Term Accommodation Fines: 200-234
Social Media
Spending authority
Strata Corporation
Strata Council Hearings
hearing & bill 8 amendments:
Strata Lot
Whose Strata Lot Is It Anyway?: 200‐259
Strata Plan
general information: 200-087
Strata Property Act Schedule of Standard Bylaws
copy of standard bylaws: 400-034
Taxes and Taxation
Filing corporate income tax returns: 600-006
General information: 800-042, 300-690, 300-751, 300-879, 300-1031
Home renovation:
HST:
HST and the HRTC:
PST: 300-1206
PST on Guest Suites: 300-1077
PST Rebate Program Program Ending:
Tax Returns & HRTC for a Strata:
Tax returns & US citizens: 300-534
Trust Accounts: 300-1089
Underused Housing Tax: 300-1033
Tenant
Unit Entitlement
Vehicle repairs
general information:
Volunteers
Ventilation
general information: 300-948
Voting
¾ vote: 200-051, 400-002, 800-003, 800-081
Assignment of voting rights: 200-037, 800-142
Counting ballots AND Secret ballots: 300-590, 800-269, 200-172, 300-918
Commercial vs. residential lots, see “commercial stratas”
Destroying ballots: 800-281
Depreciation reports: 300-480, 800-125, 800-288, 300-752
Eligibility: 300-604, 300-858, 300-1015
General information: 800-009, 800-045, 800-052, 800-062, 300-538, 800-096, 300-557, 800-120, 300-586, 800-130, 800-160, 300-635, 300-722, 300-729, 800-291, 300-1017, 300-1144
How to calculate a vote: 300-1063
In the event of a tie: 800-220
Majority vote definition:800-253
Navigating strata votes: 800-006
Proxies: 400-019
Reconsidering a vote: 300-647, 300-952, 300-1038
Rigging the votes: 300-448
Secret Ballots “The Case of the ‘Not so Secret’ Secret Ballot”: 200-172
Strata Corporation’s Strata Lot – Voting and Allocation of Strata Fees: 200-241
Thresholds, repair & maintenance: 300-576
To destroy or not to destroy: 300-449
Unanimous vote: 800-020
Voting by email, Absentee Ballots, and voting procedures: 300-443, 800-235
Voting cards / ballots: 400-022, 800-167, 800-249, 800-249
Voting rights: 300-457, 800-005, 800-053, 300-656
Voting thresholds: 00-592, 200-121, 600-010, 300-848
What to know about: Voting Rights & Voting Thresholds: 600-010
Warranty
Weed control
Weed control, see “landscaping”
Windows
Alterations to common property: 800-040
Double pane glass: 200-031
Medical Experts Encourage Window Safety To Protect Young Children Publication: 200-264
Families Urged to Take Window Safety Measures as Temperatures Rise: 200-165
General information: 200-085
Repairs and maintenance: 300-606, 300-790, 300-1087, 300-1151, 300-1199
