CHOA Information Bulletins
Access
Access and Accommodation: 300-861
To information / strata records: 200-004, 300-216, 300-433, 300-522, 800-134, 800-305, 200-178
To records: 300-126, 800-036, 800-058, 800-138, 300-666, 800-239
To strata lot: 300-213, 800-136, 800-176, 800-200, 800-212, 800-279, 300-1014
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
Attics
general information: 200-014
Authority
authority, see “strata council”
rogue council, see “strata council”
council decisions, see “strata council”
strata governance, see “strata council: authority”
Alterations
Alterations to common property: 200-001, 200-015, 300-004, 300-011, 300-018, 300-069, 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
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: 300-336, 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
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: 300-104, 300-150, 300-151, 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
History of property changes: 300-453
Impact on warranties: 300-193
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? 300-322
Annual General Meeting / Special General Meeting
Adjourning general meetings: 300-340, 300-627, 300-838
Agendas – Who sets the agenda? 800-265
Authority of council at AGM: 300-224, 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
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
Notice requirements for an electronic general meeting: 300-887
Order of business: 400-028, 400-501
Planning/preparation: 300-426, 800-181
Requirement for AGM: 300-245
Resolutions: 300-932
“Restricted” proxy meetings: 300-914
Sample notice: 400-031
Section 40-57: 400-027
Sending notice during a mail strike: 300-436
Scrutineers: 800-100
Video taping meetings: 800-170
Waiving notice: 400-026
Balconies & Decks
alterations: 300-169, 300-266, 300-490, 800-117
barbeques, bylaws: 300-493, 800-282, 300-754, 200-222 (Be Aware Of Risks Associated With Barbecues on Balconies)
Maintenance Matters #22: Building Excellence Research Bulletin – Balcony Overloading & Weight Restrictions
general information: 800-161
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: 300-300, 800-002, 300-536, 800-108, 300-646, 300-666, 800-209, 300-935
Buying a Rental Investment: 300-369, 800-171
Civil Resolution Tribunal (CRT): 300-697
Caretakers, see “caretakers”
Conditional Demands from Potential Buyers: 300-398, 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
Pre-sales: 300-253, 300-268, 300-313, 300-784, 300-990
Repair, see “repair and maintenance”
Rules: 800-152
Rush fee for sales certificates: 300-304
Selling your condo. Watch for costs: 300-354, 300-504, 300-554
Vacation Properties & Foreign Investment: 300-368
What restricts a sale?: 800-061, 300-516
What to know when buying a strata lot: 400-004, 300-002, 300-025, 300-026, 300-028, 300-029, 300-033, 300-044, 300-047, 300-071, 300-074, 300-105, 300-116, 300-166, 300-172, 300-175, 300-176, 300-179, 300-183, 300-191, 300-226, 300-227, 300-228, 300-229, 300-230, 300-231, 300-250, 300-273, 300-277, 300-278, 300-839, 300-330, 300-595, 300-686
Bare land strata
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, 300-021, 300-058, 300-068, 300-077, 300-147, 300-153, 300-201, 300-246, 300-317, 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
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: 300-008, 300-032, 300-063, 300-112, 300-130, 300-133, 300-155, 300-156, 800-037, 800-179, 800-244, 300-739
Forced labour: 800-226
Grandfathering: 300-280, 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: 300-042, 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
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
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
Collection agencies: 300-372
Collecting funds: 300-349
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: 300-344
Insurance deductibles: 800-284
Landlords responsibility for tenants fines: 300-039
Legal costs: 200-194
Liens: 300-138, 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: 300-301, 200-029
Reversing old claims: 300-1026
Sample Monthly Receivables report: 400-503
Strata fees: 200-019, 200-045, 300-005
Strata fee diversion bylaws: 300-719
Committees
general information: 200-002
Communication Agreements
Complaints
caretakers: 800-041
Consultants
general information: 300-637
Converting a strata corporation
Converting a strata corporation: 300-969
Contracts
approving an increase in contract services: 300-439
budget allocations: 300-331
checklist – before you sign: 400-021
communications: 200-110, 800-166
contract lures: 300-360
dissolving contracts: 300-680
general information: 300-023, 300-048, 300-101, 300-145, 200-065, 300-423, 200-090, 200-097, 300-563
hold backs: 300-793
get it in writing: 300-190, 300-288
strata agency agreements: 300-339
Crawl spaces
general information: 200-014
Certificate of Payment
Certificate of Payment, see “Forms”
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
Common Property
Alteration to CP, see “Alterations”
Amending: 300-072
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
Managing: 200-053, 300-298, 300-665
Repair and maintenance, see “repair and maintenance”
selling common property: 300-953
Service lines and strata, see “repair and maintenance”
Conflict of Interest
Contingency Reserve Funds
contributions: 300-062
CRT Comments on Filing Bylaws and Contingency Reserve Fund Expenditure: 200-161
general information: 300-026, 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: 300-315
new regulations that affect your annual budget: 300-466
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
Duplex Stratas
Non-Conforming Stratas: 800-243
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
Form B: 300-463
General information: 300-455, 800-007, 300-533, 800-080, 300-547, 300-551, 300-559, 300-579, 200-107, 200-123, 200-134, 800-254, 300-764
New regulations that affect your annual budget: 300-466
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
General information: 200-199
Electric Vehicles
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
SAMPLE: Electronic Meeting Bylaw
SAMPLE Participant Instructions for Zoom Meetings: 400-511 (PDF doc), 400-511 (Word Document)
Emails
Emails, see “Strata Council”
Finances
Accounting for funds separately: 300-774
Audits, see “Audits”
Basic financial management policies: 300-904
Borrowing money: 300-393, 300-440, 300-510, 300-750, 300-831
Budgeting, see “Budgets”
Contingency reserve funds, see “contingency reserve funds”
Disbursements: 300-274
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? 300-321
Misuse of funds: 300-165
Sample Monthly Receivables report: 400-503
Surpluses: 300-083
Operating fund, see “operating fund”
Forms
Certificate charges: 800-012
Costs: 800-216
Fees (including rush fees): 300-233, 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, 300-207, 300-231, 300-463, 300-464, 800-047, 300-565, 300-642, 800-225, 300-709, 800-251
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: 300-459, 800-068
General information: 300-119
Registration: 200-087
Garages
Townhouse Garages: 300-468
General information
Hardship
Hearings
Information Certificate
Information Certificate, see “Forms”
Invoices
old invoices: 300-235
Insurance
And bare-land stratas: 300-197
And lawsuits: 300-196, 800-248
Claims: 300-418
Co insurance: 300-461
Commercial insurance: 300-911
Commissions / undisclosed commissions: 300-899
Complications: 300-600, 300-609
Construction insurance: 300-346
Construction liability: 300-310
Council liability insurance: 300-264
Damage caused by pets: 300-053
Damage inside a suite can fall under “common assets”: 300-326
Deductibles: 300-105, 300-154, 300-232, 200-058, 200-059, 300-279, 300-319, 300-456, 800-008, 800-097, 300-407, 800-173, 200‐129, 300-780, 300-794, 300-826, 300-856, 33-857, 300-867, 300-872, 300-876, 300-931, 300-954
Disclosure: 300-915
Duplex insurance: 300-335
Earthquake: 300-708
Financing Insurance: 300-701
Fees: 300-417
General information: 300-038, 300-265, 300-479, 300-503, 300-519, 300-546, 300-553, 200-079, 300-847, 300-878, 300-882, 300-891, 300-1028
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
Homeowner insurance losses: 300-357
Impact of high insurance risk: 300-428
Incident report (sample): 400-032
Insurance Cost Losses: 300-450
Insurance Coverage on Upgrades: 300-380
Insurance liability: 300-341
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: 300-003, 300-535, 800-077, 300-539, 200-115
Proceeds: 300-402
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
Staying informed: 300-933
Strata corporation insurance: 600-004, 300-027, 300-149, 300-258, 300-261, 300-262, 300-263, 300-264, 300-286, 800-300
Strata Funds Insurance: 300-378
Tenant damages, see “Rentals and Rental Bylaws”
When disaster strikes: 300-293
Land Titles Office
Landscaping
Lawsuits
Leaky Condos
general information: 300-220
Liens
Liens, see “collections”
Limited Common Property
Laundry
laundry room facilities: 200-050
Lawyers
list of strata lawyers: 400-005
Legislative Updates
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.
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
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, 300-320, 200-114, 800-215,
Contract renewals (increasing management fees): 300-977
Dual Agency: 300-248
Errors: 300-620
Hiring a Strata Manager: 300-702
Licensing: 300-097, 300-162, 300-222, 400-036
Official contact mailing address: 300-460
Request for Proposal: 400-042
Understanding The Role Of The Strata Manager: What We’ve Learned From COVID‐19: 200-227
Memorial Gardens
Memorial Gardens on Common Property: 300-698
Maintenance
Maintenance, see “Repair and Maintenance”
Marijuana
Minutes
Municipal Bylaws
general information: 300-236
Native Lands
general information: 300-015
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)
Owner Developers
impact on rental units: 300-041
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
assignments: 300-422
buying and selling: 300-228
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, 300-016, 300-036, 300-115, 300-139, 300-241, 300-438, 800-071, 300-529, 600-001, 200-090, 300-577, 800-123, 800-261, 300-799, 300-845
handicapped parking headaches: 300-295
importance of registered documents: 300-483
incorrect information, see “Forms: Form B Information Certificate”
Insurance decals: 300-994, 400-515
revenues: 300-432
selling common property: 300-953
user fees: 800-055
Phased stratas
Pools
general information: 300-243
Procedures
Pets
Bylaws: 300-002, 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
Damage caused by pets: 300-053, 300-120, 300-215
Exemptions: 800-035
General information: 300-109, 300-114, 300-122, 300-239, 300-571, 800-121, 800-263, 300-943, 300-1016
Guide dogs / Guide Dog & Service Dog Act: 200-141, 800-234, 800-247
Registry: 300-031
Service Pets: 300-1013
Pipes
Pot
general information: 300-244
Privacy
general information: 300-324, 300-325, 300-778, 200-258
electronic meetings: 300-307
Personal Information Protection Act (PIPA): 200-128
privacy legislation: 200-036, 300-307
privacy officer: 300-505
privacy rights & reasons: 300-342
Privacy Guidelines for Strata Corporations and Strata Agents (OIPC Guide)
Surveillance: see “Surveillance cameras”
Podium Information
Replacing Podium Waterproofing: 600-008
Radon
Radon: 200-190
Real Estate Services Act (RESA)
compensation fund insurance: 300-222
Records
Remuneration of council member
general information: 300-066
Rentals and Rental Bylaws
as an investment: 300-175, 800-171
counting rentals: 300-429, 800-054, 800-091, 800-210, 300-833
definition of family: 300-199
general information: 200-010, 300-037, 300-225, 300-251, 300-377, 300-494, 300-569, 800-114, 300-583, 800-124, 800-128, 300-615, 600-002, 300-631, 200-122, 300-707, 300-896
Grandfathering: 300-978
enforcement: 200-026, 300-148, 200-078, 200-116, 200-008
exemptions from rental restriction bylaws: 300-067, 300-506, 300-670
Form K & rental bylaws: 300-459, 800-068
hardship: 300-328
illegal suites: 300-294
impact of owner-developer: 300-041
impact on buyers: 300-191
life estates: 300-085
limiting rental: 200-042
short-term rentals / AirBnB: 300-205, 800-153, 800-190, 200-127, 300-747, 300-725, 300-824, 200-179, 200-200, 200-198, 300-945, 300-963, 300-967
Rental Housing Task Force: 300-821
rental inventory: 300-630, 300-792
rental screening: 300-605, 800-285
rental termination after sale: 300‐685
renting during the Olympics: 300-316
tenant damages: 800-174
to rent or not to rent: 300-353
roommates: 200-182
Reserve plans
Record Keeping
email records: 300-641
fees for records:300-984
first year of a strata: 300-291
general information: 400-014, 300-119, 300-140, 300-290, 800-109, 300-745, 300-771
importance of registered documents: 300-483
new stratas: 300-134
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
who owns the records? 800-134
Recording meetings
general information 200-012
Repair and Maintenance
asbestos: 300-271
balconies and decks: 200-040, 300-006, 300-084, 300-125 , 300-594, 300-601, 300-817
best practices & practice tips for addressing major repairs : 200-105a, 200-105b, 300-828
bonding: 300-1010
building envelope: 200-041
bylaws: 300-040
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: 300-209, 300-285, 800-266, 300-338, 300-949
delay in repairs: 300-131
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
dryer vents: 300-064, 300-270, 800-218, 300-829
exterior doors & windows: 300-431, 800-297
financing options: 300-873, 300-976
furnace and boilers: 300-358, 200-109
general information: 300-022, 300-046, 300-057, 300-110, 300-121, 300-137, 300-187, 300-212, 300-217, 300-303, 300-555, 200-082, 200-086, 200-098, 300-575, 300-813
maintenance programs: 200-043, 300-034, 300-065, 300-200, 300-254, 300-961
major repair conflicts: 300-441
notifying owners: 300-113
quotes: 300-706, 800-250, 300-868
replacing the piping, see “pipes”
regular inspections: 300-111, 300-135
repair of common property: 200-011, 200-013, 200-023, 300-050, 300-072, 300-082, 300-088, 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
service lines and strata: 300-512
strata Corporation’s responsibility for repairing a strata lot: 200-176, 300-1003
townhouse maintenance: 300-355, 800-119, 300-302
Ventilation: 300-257
who pays the damage: 300-351
windows, see “windows”
Security
Smoking
Special levies
Are special levies for contingency contributions valid? 300-854
Communication: 300-614
General information: 300-033, 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: 300-086, 300-143, 800-063
Interest revenue: 300-843
Payouts: 300-676
Refunds: 300-056, 800-144, 800-287, 800-202, 300-853, 300-962
Resolutions: 800-151
Special Levy surplus: 800-272
Strata Council
Administration: 300-667, 600-007, 300-974
Authority: 300-172; 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
Confidentiality: 300-689
Council decisions / how strata council makes decisions: 800-141, 300-735, 300-1030
Council meetings: 300-267, 800-075, 400-500, 300-618
Conflict of Interest: 300-779
Elections and difficulties: 300-142, 300-284, 300-564, 200-124, 300-863, 300-944
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, 300-305, 800-095, 300-936
How are the Procedures Determined to Elect a Strata Council? 200-157
Liability: 200-047, 300-421, 200-118, 300-851
Meeting notice: 300-194, 800-018, 800-029, 800-118
Resignations: 300-612
Responsibilities: 300-164, 300-492, 300-570, 300-573
Rogue council: 800-133, 300-638
Role description: 200-025, 300-825
Troublesome owners: 300-343
Violations: 200-131
When a council member violates bylaws: 300-424
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”
Surplus
general information: 300-185
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: 300-248, 300-272, 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
Social Media
Is Facebook a good idea for strata corporations?: 300-808
Spending authority
Strata Council Hearings
hearing & bill 8 amendments: 300-374
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: 300-079, 300-184, 300-287, 800-042, 300-690, 300-751, 300-879, 300-1031
Home renovation: 300-318
HST: 300-345
HST and the HRTC: 300-356
PST Rebate Program Program Ending: 300-371
Tax Returns & HRTC for a Strata: 300-366
Tax returns & US citizens: 300-534
Underused Housing Tax: 300-1033
Tenant
Tax sale
general information: 200-019
Technical Safety BC
Tree removal
Tree removal, see “landscaping”
Unit Entitlement
Voting
¾ vote: 200-051, 400-002, 300-092, 300-306, 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
In the event of a tie: 800-220
Majority vote definition:800-253
Navigating strata votes: 800-006
Power of attorney: 300-312
Proxies: 400-019
Reconsidering a vote: 300-647, 300-952
Rigging the votes: 300-448
Secret Ballots “The Case of the ‘Not so Secret’ Secret Ballot”: 200-172
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”