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27 V.S.A. § 2-111
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 27A - Uniform Common Interest Ownership Act (1994)|Article 2 - Creation, Alteration, and Termination of Common Interest Communities|§ 2-111. Alterations of units

§ 2-111. Alterations of units|Subject to the provisions of the declaration and other provisions of law, a unit owner:  (1) may make any improvements or alterations to his or her unit that do not impair the structural integrity or mechanical systems or lessen the support of any portion of the common interest community; (2) may not change the appearance of the common elements or the exterior appearance of a unit or any other portion of the common interest community without permission of the association; (3) after acquiring an adjoining unit or an adjoining part of an adjoining unit, may remove or alter any intervening partition or create apertures in it even if the partition in whole or in part is a common element if those acts do not impair the structural integrity or mechanical systems or lessen the support of any portion of the common interest community. Removal of partitions or creation of apertures under this subdivision is not an alteration of boundaries. (Added 1997, No. 104 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. Jan. 1, 1999.)
27 V.S.A. § 2-112
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 27A - Uniform Common Interest Ownership Act (1994)|Article 2 - Creation, Alteration, and Termination of Common Interest Communities|§ 2-112. Relocation of boundaries between adjoining units

§ 2-112. Relocation of boundaries between adjoining units|(a) Subject to the provisions of the declaration and other provisions of law, the boundaries between adjoining units may be relocated by an amendment to the declaration upon application to the association by the owners of those units. If the owners of the adjoining units have specified a reallocation between their units of their allocated interests, the application must state the proposed reallocations. Unless the executive board determines, within 30 days after receipt of the application, that the reallocations are unreasonable, the association shall prepare an amendment that identifies the units involved and states the reallocations. The amendment shall be executed by those unit owners, shall contain words of conveyance between them, and, on recordation, shall be indexed in the name of the grantor and the grantee and in the grantee's index in the name of the association.(b) Subject to the provisions of the declaration and other provisions of law, boundaries between units and common elements may be relocated to incorporate common elements within a unit by an amendment to the declaration upon application to the association by the owner of the unit who proposes to relocate a boundary. Unless the declaration provides otherwise, the amendment may be approved only if persons entitled to cast at least 67 percent of the votes in the association, including 67 percent of the votes allocated to units not owned by the declarant, agree to the action. The amendment may describe any fees or charges payable by the owner of the affected unit in connection with the boundary relocation and the fees and charges are assets of the association. The amendment must be executed by the unit owner of the unit whose boundary is being relocated and by the association, contain words of conveyance between them, and on recordation be indexed in the name of the unit owner and the association as grantor or grantee, as appropriate.(c) The association:  (1) in a condominium or planned community shall prepare and record plats or plans necessary to show the altered boundaries of affected units, and their dimensions and identifying numbers; and (2) in a cooperative shall prepare and record amendments to the declaration, including any plans, necessary to show or describe the altered boundaries of affected units, and their dimensions and identifying numbers. (Added 1997, No. 104 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. Jan. 1, 1999.)
27 V.S.A. § 2-113
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 27A - Uniform Common Interest Ownership Act (1994)|Article 2 - Creation, Alteration, and Termination of Common Interest Communities|§ 2-113. Subdivision of units

§ 2-113. Subdivision of units|(a) If the declaration expressly so permits, a unit may be subdivided into two or more units. Subject to the declaration and law other than this title, upon application to subdivide a unit, the association shall prepare, execute, and record an amendment to the declaration, including the plats and plans, subdividing that unit.(b) The amendment to the declaration shall be executed by the owner of the unit to be subdivided, shall assign an identifying number to each unit created, and reallocate the allocated interests formerly allocated to the subdivided unit to the new units in any reasonable manner prescribed by the owner of the subdivided unit or on any other basis the declaration requires. (Added 1997, No. 104 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. Jan. 1, 1999; amended 2009, No. 155 (Adj. Sess.), § 18, eff. Jan. 1, 2012.)
27 V.S.A. § 2-114
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 27A - Uniform Common Interest Ownership Act (1994)|Article 2 - Creation, Alteration, and Termination of Common Interest Communities|§ 2-114. Easement for encroachments

§ 2-114. Easement for encroachments|To the extent that any unit or common element in a common interest community encroaches on any other unit or common element, a valid easement for the encroachment exists. The easement does not relieve a unit owner of liability for the owner's willful misconduct nor relieve a declarant or any other person of liability for failure to adhere to any plats and plans. (Added 1997, No. 104 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. Jan. 1, 1999.)
27 V.S.A. § 2-115
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 27A - Uniform Common Interest Ownership Act (1994)|Article 2 - Creation, Alteration, and Termination of Common Interest Communities|§ 2-115. Use for sales purposes

§ 2-115. Use for sales purposes|A declarant may maintain sales offices, management offices and models in units or on common elements in the common interest community only if the declaration so provides and specifies the rights of a declarant with regard to the number, size, location and relocation of it. In a condominium, any sales office, management office or model not designated a unit by the declaration is a common element. If a declarant ceases to be a unit owner, that declarant ceases to have any rights with regard to the common element unless it is removed promptly in accordance with a right to remove reserved in the declaration. Subject to any limitations in the declaration, a declarant may maintain signs on the common elements advertising the common interest community. The provisions of this section are subject to local ordinances. (Added 1997, No. 104 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. Jan. 1, 1999.)
27 V.S.A. § 2-116
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 27A - Uniform Common Interest Ownership Act (1994)|Article 2 - Creation, Alteration, and Termination of Common Interest Communities|§ 2-116. Easement rights

§ 2-116. Easement rights|(a) Subject to the declaration, a declarant has such easement through the common elements as may be reasonably necessary for the purpose of discharging a declarant's obligations or exercising special declarant rights, whether arising under this title or reserved in the declaration.(b) Subject to subdivision 3-102(a)(6) and section 3-112 of this title, the unit owners have an easement in the common elements for access to their units.(c) Subject to the declaration and the rules, the owners have a right to use the common elements that are not limited common elements and all real estate that must become common elements for the purposes for which they were intended. (Added 1997, No. 104 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. Jan. 1, 1999; amended 2009, No. 155 (Adj. Sess.), § 19, eff. Jan. 1, 2012.)
27 V.S.A. § 2-119
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 27A - Uniform Common Interest Ownership Act (1994)|Article 2 - Creation, Alteration, and Termination of Common Interest Communities|§ 2-119. Rights of secured lenders

§ 2-119. Rights of secured lenders|(a) The declaration may require that all or a specified number or percentage of the lenders who hold security interests in the units or common elements approve specified actions of the unit owners or the association as a condition to the effectiveness of those actions, but lack of approval will not have the effect of:  (1) denying or delegating control over the general administrative affairs of the association by the unit owners or the executive board; or (2) preventing the association or the executive board from participating in any litigation or proceeding; or (3) preventing an insurance trustee or the association from receiving and distributing insurance proceeds except pursuant to section 3-113 of this title.   (b) A lender who has extended credit to an association secured by an assignment of income (subdivision 3-102(a)(14) of this title) or an encumbrance on the common elements (section 3-112) may enforce its security agreement in accordance with its terms, subject to the requirements of this title and other law. Requirements that the association must deposit its periodic common charges before default with the lender to which the association's income has been assigned, or increase its common charges at the lender's direction by amounts reasonably necessary to amortize the loan in accordance with its terms, do not violate the prohibitions on lender approval contained in subsection (a) of this section. (Added 1997, No. 104 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. Jan. 1, 1999.)
27 V.S.A. § 2-120
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 27A - Uniform Common Interest Ownership Act (1994)|Article 2 - Creation, Alteration, and Termination of Common Interest Communities|§ 2-120. Master associations

§ 2-120. Master associations|(a) If the declaration provides that any of the powers described in section 3-102 of this title may be exercised by or may be delegated to a corporation or association on behalf of one or more common interest communities or for the benefit of the unit owners of one or more common interest communities, the provisions of this title applicable to unit owners' associations apply to that corporation or unincorporated association, except as modified by this section.(b) Unless a master association is acting in the capacity of an association described in section 3-101 of this title, it may exercise the powers provided in subdivision 3-102(a)(2) of this title only to the extent permitted in the declaration or described in the delegations of power of those common interest communities to the master association.(c) If the declaration provides that the executive board may delegate certain powers to a master association, the members of the executive board shall not be liable for acts or omissions of the master association with respect to those powers after the delegation.(d) The rights and responsibilities of unit owners with respect to the unit owners' association as provided in sections 3-103, 3-106, and 3-109 of this title apply only to the conduct of the affairs of a master association in regard to those persons who elect the board of a master association, whether or not those persons are unit owners.(e) Even if a master association is also an association under section 3-101 of this title, the instrument creating the master association and the declaration may provide that the executive board of the master association shall be elected after the period of declarant control in any one of the following ways:  (1) All unit owners of all common interest communities subject to the master association may elect all members of that executive board. (2) All members of the executive boards of all common interest communities subject to the master association may elect all members of that executive board. (3) All unit owners of each common interest community subject to the master association may elect specified members of that executive board. (4) All members of the executive board of each common interest community subject to the master association may elect specified members of that executive board. (Added 1997, No. 104 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. Jan. 1, 1999.)
27 V.S.A. § 2-121
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 27A - Uniform Common Interest Ownership Act (1994)|Article 2 - Creation, Alteration, and Termination of Common Interest Communities|§ 2-121. Merger or consolidation of common interest communities

§ 2-121. Merger or consolidation of common interest communities|(a) Any two or more common interest communities with the same form of ownership, by agreement of the unit owners as provided in subsection (b) of this section, may be merged or consolidated into a single common interest community by agreement of the unit owners. In the event of a merger or consolidation, unless the agreement otherwise provides, the resultant common interest community is the successor, for all purposes, of all the preexisting common interest communities, and the operations and activities of all associations of the preexisting common interest communities are merged or consolidated into a single association that holds the powers, rights, obligations, assets and liabilities of the preexisting associations.(b) An agreement of two or more common interest communities to merge or consolidate pursuant to subsection (a) of this section shall be evidenced by an agreement prepared, executed, recorded and certified by the president of the association of each of the preexisting common interest communities following approval by owners of units to which are allocated the percentage of votes in each common interest community required to terminate that common interest community. The agreement shall not be effective until it is recorded in all municipalities in which the common interest community is located.(c) Every merger or consolidation agreement shall provide for the reallocation of the allocated interests in the new association among the units of the resultant common interest community either:  (1) by stating the reallocations or the formulas upon which they are based; or (2) by stating the percentage of overall allocated interests of the new common interest community which are allocated to all of the units comprising each of the preexisting common interest communities, and providing that the portion of the percentages allocated to each unit formerly comprising a part of a preexisting common interest community must be equal to the percentages of allocated interests allocated to that unit by the declaration of the preexisting common interest community. (Added 1997, No. 104 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. Jan. 1, 1999.)
27 V.S.A. § 2-122
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 27A - Uniform Common Interest Ownership Act (1994)|Article 2 - Creation, Alteration, and Termination of Common Interest Communities|§ 2-122. Addition of unspecified real estate

§ 2-122. Addition of unspecified real estate|If the right to add unspecified real estate is reserved in the declaration of a planned community, the declarant, in addition to any other development right, may amend the declaration at any time during the time specified in the declaration to add additional real estate to the planned community without describing that real estate in the original declaration; provided, the amount of real estate added to the planned community does not exceed 10 percent of the real estate described in subdivision 2-105(a)(3) of this title and the number of units is not increased beyond the number stated in the original declaration. (Added 1997, No. 104 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. Jan. 1, 1999.)
27 V.S.A. § 2-123
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 27A - Uniform Common Interest Ownership Act (1994)|Article 2 - Creation, Alteration, and Termination of Common Interest Communities|§ 2-123. Master planned communities

§ 2-123. Master planned communities|(a) The declaration for a common interest community may state that it is a master planned community if the declarant has reserved the development right to create at least 500 units that may be used for residential purposes, and at the time of the reservation that declarant owns or controls more than 500 acres on which the units may be built.(b) If the requirements of subsection (a) of this section are satisfied, the declaration for the master planned community need not state a maximum number of units and need not contain any of the information required by subdivisions 2-105(a)(3) through (14) of this title until the declaration is amended under subsection (c) of this section.(c) When each unit in a master planned community is conveyed to a purchaser, the declaration must contain:  (1) a sufficient legal description of the unit and all portions of the master planned community in which any other units have been conveyed to a purchaser; and (2) all the information required by subdivisions 2-105(a)(3) through (14) of this title with respect to that real estate.   (d) The only real estate in a master planned community which is subject to this title is units that have been declared or which are being offered for sale and any other real estate described pursuant to subsection (c) of this section. Other real estate that is or may become part of the master planned community is only subject to other law and to any other restrictions and limitations that appear as encumbrances duly recorded and indexed in the town clerk's office.(e) If the public offering statement conspicuously identifies the fact that the community is a master planned community, the disclosure requirements contained in Article 4 of this title apply only with respect to units that have been declared or are being offered for sale in connection with the public offering statement and to the real estate described pursuant to subsection (c) of this section.(f) Limitations in this title on the addition of unspecified real estate (section 2-122 of this title) do not apply to a master planned community.(g) The period of declarant control of the association for a master planned community terminates in accordance with any conditions specified in the declaration or otherwise at the time the declarant, in a recorded instrument and after giving notice in a record to all the unit owners, voluntarily surrenders all rights to control the activities of the association. (Added 1997, No. 104 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. Jan. 1, 1999; amended 2009, No. 155 (Adj. Sess.), § 22, eff. Jan. 1, 2012.)
27 V.S.A. § 2-124
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 27A - Uniform Common Interest Ownership Act (1994)|Article 2 - Creation, Alteration, and Termination of Common Interest Communities|§ 2-124. Termination following catastrophe

§ 2-124. Termination following catastrophe|If substantially all the units in a common interest community have been destroyed or are uninhabitable and the available methods for giving notice under section 3-121 of this title of a meeting of unit owners to consider termination under section 2-118 of this title will not likely result in receipt of the notice, the executive board or any other interested person may commence an action in superior court seeking to terminate the common interest community. During the pendency of the action, the court may issue whatever orders it considers appropriate, including appointment of a receiver. After a hearing, the court may terminate the common interest community or reduce its size and may issue any other order the court considers to be in the best interest of the unit owners and persons holding an interest in the common interest community. (Added 2009, No. 155 (Adj. Sess.), § 23, eff. Jan. 1, 2012.)
27 V.S.A. § 3-101
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 27A - Uniform Common Interest Ownership Act (1994)|Article 3 - Management of the Common Interest Community|§ 3-101. Organization of unit owners' association

§ 3-101. Organization of unit owners' association|A unit owners' association shall be organized no later than the date the first unit in the common interest community is conveyed. The membership of the association at all times shall consist exclusively of all unit owners or, following termination of the common interest community, of all former unit owners entitled to distributions of proceeds, or their heirs, successors, or assigns. The association must have an executive board. The association shall be organized as a profit or nonprofit corporation, trust, limited liability company, partnership, unincorporated association, or any other form of organization authorized by the law of this state. (Added 1997, No. 104 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. Jan. 1, 1999; amended 2009, No. 155 (Adj. Sess.), § 24, eff. Jan. 1, 2012.)
27 V.S.A. § 3-105
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 27A - Uniform Common Interest Ownership Act (1994)|Article 3 - Management of the Common Interest Community|§ 3-105. Termination of contracts and leases of declarant

§ 3-105. Termination of contracts and leases of declarant|(a) Within two years after the executive board elected by the unit owners pursuant to subsection 3-103(f) of this title takes office, the association may terminate without penalty, upon at least 90 days' notice to the other party, any of the following if entered into before the executive board was elected:  (1) any management, maintenance, operations, or employment contract, or lease of recreational or parking areas or facilities; or (2) any other contract or lease between the association and a declarant or an affiliate of a declarant.   (b) At any time after the executive board elected by the unit owners pursuant to subsection 3-103(f) of this title takes office, the association may terminate without penalty, upon at least 90 days' notice to the other party, any contract or lease that is not bona fide or was unconscionable to the unit owners at the time the contract was entered into.(c) This section does not apply to a lease which if terminated would terminate the common interest community or reduce its size, unless the real estate subject to that lease was included in the common interest community for the purpose of avoiding the right of the association to terminate a lease under this section. (Added 1997, No. 104 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. Jan. 1, 1999; amended 2009, No. 155 (Adj. Sess.), § 27, eff. Jan. 1, 2012.)
27 V.S.A. § 3-106
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 27A - Uniform Common Interest Ownership Act (1994)|Article 3 - Management of the Common Interest Community|§ 3-106. Bylaws

§ 3-106. Bylaws|(a) The bylaws of the association shall:  (1) provide the number of members of the executive board and the titles of the officers of the association; (2) provide for election by the executive board or, if the declaration requires, by the unit owners, of a president, treasurer, secretary, and any other officers the bylaws specify; (3) specify the qualifications, powers and duties, terms of office, and manner of electing and removing executive board members and officers and filling vacancies; (4) specify the powers that the executive board or officers may delegate to other persons or to a managing agent; (5) specify the officers who may prepare, execute, certify, and record amendments to the declaration on behalf of the association; (6) establish the frequency of association meetings, which in no case shall be less than one per year; (7) establish the number of voters constituting a quorum, which shall not be less than 20 percent of the persons entitled to vote for the executive board. Proxy votes may be included for a quorum; (8) specify a method for the unit owners to amend the bylaws; (9) contain any other provisions necessary to satisfy requirements of this title or the declaration concerning meetings, voting, quorums, and other activities of the association; and (10) provide for any matter required by the laws of this state other than this title that is required to appear in the bylaws of organizations of the same type as the association.   (b) Subject to the declaration and this title, the bylaws may provide for any other necessary or appropriate matters, including matters that could be adopted as rules. (Added 1997, No. 104 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. Jan. 1, 1999; amended 2009, No. 155 (Adj. Sess.), § 28, eff. Jan. 1, 2012.)