Equality with community fees

The community fees in our complex are calculated on a square footage basis. This, to my mind, is very unfair.

Other communities in our area all pay the same regardless of apartment size, after all, the community fees only cover external services, gardens, pools, community areas etc. The size of the apartment is irrelevant.

Some years ago the community fees were altered from the statutes at an AGM so that all fees were calculated on the sq. meterage. As the statutes were altered before, can they be altered again with just a majority decision and not a unanimous decision?   The original statutes decided the fees on the quality of the views. This was considered unfair & a unanimous decision changed that statute.  

In short, at an agm can the decision to alter the fee paying structure be altered with a majority vote?                                            

Hi Willow, I am not an expert, but my understanding was that such a change required a unamimous decision.

Ted

I think you're right Ted. H............................but I'm a bit unclear as to what 'unanimous' actually means here.............

I know the word means ALL but Perhaps Maria could be more specific on this one because it would be a virtual immpossibility to get all owners to agree, especially as some will never vote and those in arrears can NEVER vote ( until arrears paid ) and not many Urbs will ever achieved that !!!

My understanding is that if an owner does not show up to the meeting or does not give their vote by proxy, then they are automatically counted as 'in favour' of the motion/proposal.

Paragraph 4, section 17.