What constitutes nuisance in a residential strata lot?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Yang v. The Owners, Strata Plan VR732, 2020 BCCRT 361 (CanLII):
75. In a strata setting, nuisance is defined as an unreasonable continuing or repeated interference with a person’s enjoyment and use of their strata lot (see The Owners, Strata Plan LMS 3539 v. Ng, 2016 BCSC 2462). This conduct, as well as unreasonable noise of any kind or duration, is also prohibited under bylaw 3.1.
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