Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts [Heading inserted: No. 30 of 2018 s. 98.]
(1) An owner or
occupier of a lot must take all reasonable steps to ensure that the
owner’s or occupier’s visitors comply with the scheme by-laws
relating to the parking of motor vehicles.
(2) An owner or
occupier of a lot must not park or stand any motor or other vehicle on common
property except with the written approval of the strata company.
[By-law 1 inserted: No. 30 of 2018 s. 99.]
An owner or occupier
of a lot must —
(a) use
and enjoy the common property in such a manner as not unreasonably to
interfere with the use and enjoyment of the common property by other owners or
occupiers of lots or of their visitors; and
(b) not
use the lot or permit it to be used in such manner or for such purpose as
causes a nuisance to an occupier of another lot (whether an owner or not) or
the family of such an occupier; and
(c) take
all reasonable steps to ensure that the owner’s or occupier’s
visitors do not behave in a manner likely to interfere with the peaceful
enjoyment of an owner or occupier of another lot or of a person lawfully using
common property; and
(d) not
obstruct lawful use of common property by any person.
[By-law 2 inserted: No. 30 of 2018 s. 100.]
3 . Damage to lawns etc. on common property
Except with the
approval of the strata company, an owner or occupier of a lot must not —
(a)
damage any lawn, garden, tree, shrub, plant or flower on common property; or
(b) use
any portion of the common property for the owner’s or occupier’s
own purposes as a garden.
[By-law 3 amended: No. 30 of 2018 s. 101.]
4 . Behaviour of owners and occupiers
An owner or occupier
of a lot must be adequately clothed when on common property and must not use
language or behave in a manner likely to cause offence or embarrassment to an
owner or occupier of another lot or to any person lawfully using common
property.
[By-law 4 amended: No. 30 of 2018 s. 102.]
[ 5. Deleted: No. 30 of 2018 s. 103.]
6 . Depositing rubbish etc. on common property
An owner or occupier
of a lot must not deposit or throw on that lot or any other lot or the common
property any rubbish, dirt, dust or other material likely to interfere with
the peaceful enjoyment of an owner or occupier of another lot or of any person
lawfully using the common property.
[By-law 6 amended: No. 58 of 1995 s. 88(2); No. 30
of 2018 s. 104.]
7 . Drying of laundry items and signage
An owner or occupier
of a lot must not, except with the consent in writing of the strata company
—
(a) hang
any washing, towel, bedding, clothing or other article on any part of the
parcel in such a way as to be visible from outside the building, other than
for a reasonable period on any lines provided by the strata company for the
purpose; or
(b)
display any sign, advertisement, placard, banner, pamphlet or like matter on
any part of their lot in such a way as to be visible from outside the
building.
[By-law 7 amended: No. 30 of 2018 s. 105.]
[Former by-law 8 repealed: No. 58 of 1995
s. 88(3).]
8 . Storage of inflammable liquids etc.
An owner or occupier
of a lot must not, except with the written approval of the strata company, use
or store on the lot or on the common property any inflammable chemical, liquid
or gas or other inflammable material, other than chemicals, liquids, gases or
other materials used or intended to be used for domestic purposes, or any such
chemical, liquid, gas or other material in a fuel tank of a motor vehicle or
internal combustion engine.
[By-law 8, formerly by-law 9, renumbered as by-law
8: No. 58 of 1995 s. 88(4); amended: No. 30 of 2018 s. 106.]
9 . Moving furniture etc. on or through common
property
An owner or occupier
of a lot must not transport any furniture or large object through or on common
property within the building unless that person has first given to the council
sufficient notice of their intention to do so to enable the council to arrange
for its nominee to be present at the time when that person does so.
[By-law 9, formerly by-law 10, renumbered as
by-law 9: No. 58 of 1995 s. 88(4); amended: No. 30 of 2018 s. 107.]
An owner of a lot must
ensure that all floor space within the lot (other than that comprising
kitchen, laundry, lavatory or bathroom) is covered or otherwise treated to an
extent sufficient to prevent the transmission therefrom of noise likely to
disturb the peaceful enjoyment of an owner or occupier of another lot.
[By-law 10, formerly by-law 11, renumbered as
by-law 10: No. 58 of 1995 s. 88(4); amended: No. 30 of 2018 s. 108.]
An owner or occupier
of a lot must —
(a)
maintain within their lot, or on such part of the common property as may be
authorised by the strata company, in clean and dry condition and adequately
covered, a receptacle for garbage;
(b)
comply with all local laws relating to the disposal of garbage;
(c)
ensure that the health, hygiene and comfort of an owner or occupier of any
other lot is not adversely affected by their disposal of garbage.
[By-law 11, formerly by-law 12, renumbered as
by-law 11: No. 58 of 1995 s. 88(4); amended: No. 57 of 1997 s. 115(5); No. 30
of 2018 s. 109.]
12 . Additional duties of owners and occupiers
An owner or occupier
of a lot must not —
(a) use
the lot for a purpose that may be illegal or injurious to the reputation of
the building; or
(b) make
undue noise in or about the lot or common property; or
(c) keep
animals on the lot or the common property after notice in that behalf given to
that person by the council.
[By-law 12 inserted: No. 58 of 1995 s. 88(5);
amended: No. 74 of 2003 s. 112(22); No. 30 of 2018 s. 110.]
13 . Notice of alteration to lot
An owner of a lot must
not alter or permit the alteration of the structure of the lot except as may
be permitted and provided for under the Act and the by-laws and in any event
must not alter the structure of the lot without giving to the strata company,
not later than 14 days before commencement of the alteration, a written notice
describing the proposed alteration.
[By-law 13 inserted: No. 58 of 1995 s. 88(5);
amended: No. 30 of 2018 s. 111.]
An owner or occupier
of a lot must not, without the written consent of the strata company, maintain
within the lot anything visible from outside the lot that, viewed from outside
the lot, is not in keeping with the rest of the building.
[By-law 14 inserted: No. 58 of 1995 s. 88(5);
amended: No. 30 of 2018 s. 112.]
15 . Decoration of, and affixing items to, inner
surface of lot
An owner or occupier
of a lot must not, without the written consent of the strata company, paint,
wallpaper or otherwise decorate a structure which forms the inner surface of
the boundary of the lot or affix locking devices, flyscreens, furnishings,
furniture, carpets and other similar things to that surface, if that action
will unreasonably damage the common property.
[By-law 15 inserted: No. 30 of 2018 s. 113.]