Can a committee order an owner to restore the appearance of their lot?

QLD
Maintenance & Common Property
question
Lookupstrata community member

What can a committee do to order an owner to restore the appearance of his lot to match other lots once changes have been made?

I know there is a process for enforcing by-laws but what can a committee do to order an owner to restore the appearance of his lot to match other lots?

Can the committee approve a motion at the committee meeting to make this order? So far, no notice has been issued to the offending lot owner.

answer
William Marquand
William Marquand Tower Body Corporate

If the owner doesn’t comply with a breach of bylaw notice, the committee can then proceed to have the matter resolved in a court.

The Committee can agree to issue a notice against an owner for breach of a by-law and if the owner doesn’t comply they can then proceed to have the matter resolved in a court. For a case like this I expect you would need to show that there is consistency across the other lots and that the owner’s changes had disrupted this.

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