Nothing gets a strata meeting buzzing, like a debate about keeping pets.
Owners corporations should not unreasonably ban pets and it's unlawful in most places (Cooper’s case). However, unreasonable by-laws and approval processes for keeping animals still exist. These can be complex, subject to abuse, and create conflict.
If these ad hoc procedures were prohibited, and replaced with reasonable conditions for keeping pets prescribed by law, the work of strata managers and committees would be simplified. All pet owners would then have to do is notify the strata manager they have a pet, and comply with the statutory conditions.
What could be easier – scrap by laws and ad hoc processes for pet approvals, or do they stay?
Michael Teys advises strata management businesses on improving profitability through professionalisation and streamlined operating systems.
He has more than 30 years’ experience as a strata lawyer and academic and has owned 11 strata management agencies throughout Australia. He has a Master of Philosophy (Built Environment) and Bachelor of Laws. He lectures and writes widely about strata management issues in Australia and internationally.
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