CHOA Information Bulletins

general information: 300-238, 300-1004

Agenda items: 800-021

Agendas – Who sets the agenda? 800-265

general information: 300-090, 300-948, 300-997

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, 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: 300-336, 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

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

general information: 300-078, 300-987

bare land common expenses: 300-567

bylaws: 300-430, 300-916

depreciation impact: 300-470

general information: 300-017, 300-192, 300-223, 300-566

insurance: 300-197, 300-558

what defines our building type?: 300-458

general information: 300-030, 300-048

general information: 300-214, 300-224, 800-066, 200-095

home based businesses: 300-117, 300-545

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, 300-1049

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

Certificate of Payment, see “Forms”

bylaws: 300-008, 300-204, 300-308, 300-462

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

Lawsuits: 300-482, 800-025

Legislative Update: CRT: 700-007

Official mailing address of the strata corporation: 300-852

general information: 300-168, 300-577, 800-146

bylaw amendments, see “bylaws”

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”

General information: 300-171, 300-367, 300-599, 300-688, 300-715, 300-749

Strata Council Conflict of Interest: 300-779

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

voting: 300-585, 300-712

is your strata a corporation?: 400-017

First Nation leasehold condos: 300-297

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

restrictive covenants: 300-132

Alterations & depreciation reports, see “Alteration”

Bare-land stratas: 300-470, 800-015

Budgets: 300-474, 300-476, 300-487, 300-499

Communication: 300-614

Consultants: 300-634, 800-233

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

Alternative system to resolve strata disputes: 300-452

General information: 800-213

Resolving disputes between strata corporations and tenants: 200-018

Settling disputes: 200-060, 200-108

The Case of the Sanctioned Strata Corporation: 200-136

Dryer vents, see “repair and maintenance”

federal election (canvassing and signage): 300-956, 300-1007

signs: 400-009, 300-081, 300-124, 300-160, 300-299, 300-327, 300-427, 800-074, 300-531

strata council elections, see “strata council”

What you need to know about: Election Signs and Canvassing: 600-011

General information: 300-582, 200-197

The Key to Elevator Safety in an Emergency: 200-163

The Ups and Downs of Elevator Maintenance: 200-156

general information: 300-498

Prepared BC: Guide for Apartments, Condos and Townhouses: 200-137

Alterations to Common Property, Energy Upgrades: 300-993

Energy Upgrades Will Impact Your Bottom Line: 200-162

Energy Upgrades – Air Conditioning Units: 300-787

Energy Upgrades – Utilities: 300-786

General information: 300-924

LED Upgrades: 800-286

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”

Year end financial statements: 200-062, 300-927

General information: 300-234, 800-132, 300-692, 300-947

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

general information: 800-051

general information: 200-035

Guide Dogs & Service Dog Act: 200-141

General information: 800-234, 800-247

Legislative Update: 700-005

The Case of the Certified “Service” Dog: 200-151

general information: 200-130, 800-256, 300-678, 800-159, 300-374, 300-800, 400-504, 300-892

Council Hearings and the Decision Making Process: 200-160

The Case of the Costly Hearing Refusal: 200-207

general information: 300-208, 300-762, 300-820, 300-871

general information: 300-181, 300-249

And bare-land stratas: 300-197

And lawsuits: 300-196, 800-248

Bylaws: 800-191, 300-866

Checklists: 200-149, 400-039 

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, 300-1060

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, 300-1037 

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, 300-1056

Strata Funds Insurance: 300-378

Tenant damages, see “Rentals and Rental Bylaws”

When disaster strikes: 300-293

general information: 300-098, 800-171

A Landlord’s Guide to Tenant Relations: 200-204

responsibilities: 300-039

laundry room facilities: 200-050

list of strata lawyers: 400-005

general information: 300-178

The Case of the Recovery of Reasonable Legal Fees: 200-173

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

general information: 200-073, 200-074

limitation periods, see “collections”

Maintenance, see “Repair and Maintenance”

Bylaws: 300-777, 200-195

General Information: 300-812, 200-185

Weeding Through the Law and the Stone, Cold Truth About Medical Marijuana and Strata Corporation: 200-159

general information: 200-005, 300-140, 800-147, 800-155, 800-219, 300-717

in camera minutes: 300-860

notice vs. notify: 800-193

Setting Agendas & Minutes of Meetings: 400-015

what resolutions say in minutes: 300-442

general information: 300-236

bylaws: 300-070

enforcement of bylaws: 300-925

general information: 300-103, 200-092, 200-093, 200-096, 800-259, 300-718

The Case Of The Neglected Noise Complaints: 200‐223

Inappropriate use of: 300-167

line of credit: 300-315

environmental restoration: 300-292

municipal work orders re: grow-op damages

Whose strata lot is it anyway? 200-259

general information: 300-076, 300-161, 300-548, 300-753, 300-796, 200-205, 300-850

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

Are pipes common property?: 300-939

corrosion of copper pipes: 200-038

frozen: 300-060

replacing the piping: 300-509, 300-572

Who is responsible for Sewer Pipes? 300-597

general information: 300-244

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”

Replacing Podium Waterproofing: 600-008

general information: 300-013, 300-242

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

general information 200-012

general information: 300-174, 300-185

selling your home: 300-373, 800-001, 800-013

general information: 300-012, 300-150, 200-188

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, 300-1061

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

fireplaces: 300-549, 200-181

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

painting: 800-069, 400-050

piping: 300-560, 300-597

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

roofs: 300-211, 800-260

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”

access: 300-844

hiring a professional: 200-135

repairs: 300-211, 300-959 

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

Warehousing: 300-699

general information: 300-170, 300-703

general information: 300-497, 300-830, 200-186, 300-837

Is Facebook a good idea for strata corporations?: 300-808

general information: 300-045, 300-094, 300-159, 800-207

limits for strata council: 800-067, 800-178, 300-1050

overspending: 300-091, 800-099

repair & maintenance: 300-498

unauthorized expenses: 300-651

general information: 300-100, 800-157, 300-626

hearing & bill 8 amendments: 300-374

general information: 300-075, 200-111, 300-621, 300-540, 300-654, 800-304

general information: 200-087

copy of standard bylaws: 400-034

general information: 200-019

200-218 Unsafe Gas Work Leads to Fire and Explosion in Richmond Strata Complex

Tree removal, see “landscaping”

general information: 300-049, 300-296, 300-528, 800-186, 800-275, 800-290,

Keys: 300-791

record keeping: 800-092

general information: 300-257, 300-948

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, 300-1038

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

general information: 200-048, 300-146, 200-111

Alterations to common property: 800-040

Double pane glass: 200-031

Families Urged to Take Window Safety Measures as Temperatures Rise: 200-165

General information: 300-202, 300-281, 200-085

Repairs and maintenance: 300-019, 300-052, 300-252, 300-606, 300-790