Is there any case law that supports a requirement in BC's Strata Plan BC that STA occurs only in the operator's principal residence?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Ikbal v. Section 1 of The Owners, Strata Plan LMS 1866, 2021 BCCRT 5 (CanLII):
44. In my decision in Meloche v. The Owners, Strata Plan BC 478, 2019 BCCRT 230, I found that the requirement in the City’s bylaws that STA occur only in an operator’s principal residence meets the definition in the SPA for use "primarily as a residence”.
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