Definition : Hallway

A source of permanent controversy in co-ownership, cannabis and tobacco smoking arouse passions. However, it is recognized that there is no inalienable right for a co-owner to smoke in the common portions or in a private portion. On the contrary, the common law on abnormal neighbourhood disturbances and the effects of second-hand smoke on the health of people exposed to it advocate prohibition. In this regard, the right to life and to the safety and integrity of the person enshrined in the Charter of Human Rights and Freedoms is moving towards an obligation to abstain from smoking in collective dwellings. Under the circumstances, should co-ownership syndicates banish this habit?  This is not an easy question to answer. Easier said than done, some will say. And they are not wrong. Here’s a look at the whole legal issue that defines smoking in co-ownerships.

5 août 2015 - Dans une chronique antérieure (25 octobre 2010) intitulée « Volets coupe-fumée », nous avons parlé de l’interprétation obligatoire de la Régie du Bâtiment du Québec (RBQ) des codes applicables et normes en date du Code National du Bâtiment 1995, avec modifications pour le Québec (CNB-95).

The characteristic of divided co-ownership is to divide the building into various lots that will be the exclusive property of the co-owners (private portions), and for others that will be the property of all the co-owners (common portions). These lots are identified by an individual number, which was assigned during the cadastral operation. Each of the private lots of the co-ownership thus constituted becomes a unique property. The distinction between the common and private portions is essential, particularly from the point of view of maintenance, which is the responsibility of the syndicate of co-owners for the common portions and of the co-owners for the private portions.   

31 mai 2010- Un des inconvénients de vivre en condo est la trop fréquente propagation d’odeurs dans les corridors et pire encore dans les logements. Ces odeurs se propagent avec une circulation d’air dans le bâtiment par des ouvertures (même très petites) dont les principales sont :