260 Exceptions To Requirement For Unanimous Vote

• 260 (1) Subject to subsection (4), an amendment to the strata plan to divide a strata lot into 2 or more strata lots does not require any strata corporation approval if

• (a) the combined unit entitlement of the 2 or more strata lots being created is the same as or less than the unit entitlement of the strata lot being divided,
• (b) the total number of votes of the 2 or more strata lots being created is the same as or less than the number of votes of the strata lot being divided, and
• (c) the amendment will not increase the share of the common expenses borne by a strata lot, other than the strata lot being divided.

• (2) An amendment to the strata plan to consolidate 2 or more strata lots does not require any strata corporation approval if

• (a) the unit entitlement of the consolidated strata lot is the same as or less than the combined unit entitlement of the 2 or more strata lots being consolidated,
• (b) the total number of votes of the consolidated strata lot is the same as or less than the number of votes of the 2 or more strata lots being consolidated, and
• (c) the amendment will not increase the share of the common expenses borne by a strata lot, other than the strata lots being consolidated.

• (3) An amendment to the strata plan to add part of a strata lot to another strata lot does not require any strata corporation approval if

• (a) the total unit entitlement of the 2 strata lots after the amendment is the same as or less than the total unit entitlement of the strata lots before the amendment,
• (b) the total number of votes of the 2 strata lots after the amendment is the same as or less than the total number of votes of the strata lots before the amendment, and
• (c) the amendment will not increase the share of the common expenses borne by a strata lot, other than the strata lots being altered.

• (4) An amendment to the strata plan to divide a residential strata lot into 2 or more strata lots must be approved by a resolution passed by a 3/4 vote at an annual or special general meeting.

1998-43-260, effective July 1, 2000 (B.C. Reg. 43/2000); 1999-21-45, effective July 1, 2000 (B.C. Reg. 43/2000).