Common property must be maintained and repaired by the strata corporation, and a strata corporation is not permitted to make an owner responsible for common property in a bylaw. Limited common property is common property that is designated for the exclusive use of one or more strata lots, and a strata corporation may adopt a bylaw that makes an owner responsible for broader maintenance of limited common property.
The schedule of standard bylaws apply to all strata corporations, unless amended, and set out the following conditions: Bylaw 2: An owner who has the use of limited common property must repair and maintain it, except for repair and maintenance that is the responsibility of the strata corporation under these bylaws. Bylaw 8: The Strata Corporation must repair and maintain limited common property, but the duty to repair and maintain it is restricted to repair and maintenance that in the ordinary course of events occurs less often than once a year.
Simply put, under the Standard Bylaws, owners are responsible for annual custodial maintenance of limited common property such as sweeping, clearing drains, cobwebs, snow removal. Everything else is the responsibility of the strata corporation. If your strata corporation is subject to the standard bylaws only, the damages of strata corporation common and limited common property caused by ground flooding or freezing temperatures in winter or simply scheduled renewals and upgrades are all the responsibility of the strata
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