NSW; Can strata schemes limit pets to domestic animals?

Question: Can we limit the types of animals that are allowed in our strata scheme to domestic animals? Avoiding goats and sheep in most cases?

Answer: The answer to that question will depend on whether it’s possible for that particular type of animal to be kept in your building in a way that does not have a detrimental impact on others.

So I think the question is this, this is the touchstone when you ask yourself, can we ban a particular type of animal? The answer to that question will depend on whether it’s possible for that particular type of animal to be kept in your building in a way that does not have a detrimental impact on others. If the answer is yes, then you can’t ban it. If the answer is no, then you can ban it.

So if it’s not possible to keep sheep and goats in a residential apartment building in Sydney, in a way that does not have a detrimental effect on other residents (and I think it probably is impossible) then yes, I think you can ban them. But of course, you got to ask the obvious question, who’s going to want to keep a sheep or a goat in the apartment building in Sydney.

But hey, it’s strata land so we see all sorts of weird and wacky things.

This post appears in Strata News #478.

Adrian Mueller
JS Mueller & Co Lawyers
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