What is a common area?

Last Updated on Sunday, 21 March 2010 03:42 Written by Board Member Saturday, 20 March 2010 00:00

Common area or Common Elements means and includes all of the Condominium Project and all the improvements excluding the Units. The Common Elements consist of sidewalks, driveways, parking spaces and the General Common Elements.

General Common Elements means all of the Condominium Project, as hereinafter defined, except the portions thereof which constitute Units or Limited Common Elements, and also means all parts of a building or any facilities, improvements, and fixtures which may be within a Unit and/or which are or may be necessary or convenient to the support, existence, use, occupation, operation, maintenance, repairs, or safety of a building or any part thereof or any other Unit therein. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the following shall constitute General Common Elements:

1. all of the land and easements which are part of the property;
2. all foundations; columns; girders, beams, and supports of a building;
3. the exterior walls of a building; the main or bearing walls within a building; the main or sub flooring and the roofs of a building;
4. all other parts of the Condominium Project necessary in common use or convenient to its existence, maintenance, and safety.