Dear Tony: Our strata is in opposition over a current age restriction bylaw. Our bylaw is quite simple. “All owners and residents must be 55 and over”. Sixty percent of the owner residents are over 55 and they are constantly threatening residents with family members under 55 who are residing with them. Fines have been issued but no one has gone any further and before we end up with a costly legal dispute we are hoping there may be an easier solution.

~Dirk J. Penticton

Dear Dirk: A primary principle of bylaws is that they must comply with The Strata Property Act, the BC Human Rights Code and every other enactment of law. A strata corporation is permitted to maintain and adopt an age restriction bylaw that applies to only residents that is not less than 55 years of age. A bylaw cannot a

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