§ 1363.07 – Membership Approval Required For Grant Of Exclusive Use Common Area; Exceptions

1. After an association acquires fee title to, or any easement right over, a common area, unless the association’s governing documents specify a different percentage, the affirmative vote of members owning at least 67 percent of the separate interests in the common interest development shall be required before the board of directors may grant exclusive use of any portion of that common area to any member, except for any of the following:
   1. A reconveyance of all or any portion of that common area to the subdivider to enable the continuation of development that is in substantial conformance with a detailed plan of phased development submitted to the Real Estate Commissioner with the application for a public report.
   2. Any grant of exclusive use that is in substantial conformance with a detailed plan of phased development submitted to the Real Estate Commissioner with the application for a public report or in accordance with the governing documents approved by the Real Estate Commissioner.
   3. Any grant of exclusive use that is for any of the following reasons:
      1. To eliminate or correct engineering errors in documents recorded with the county recorder or on file with a public agency or utility company.
      2. To eliminate or correct encroachments due to errors in construction of any improvements.
      3. To permit changes in the plan of development submitted to the Real Estate Commissioner in circumstances where the changes are the result of topography, obstruction, hardship, aesthetic considerations, or environmental conditions.
      4. To fulfill the requirement of a public agency.
      5. To transfer the burden of management and maintenance of any common area that is generally inaccessible and not of general use to the membership at large of the association.
      6. Any grant in connection with an expressly zoned industrial or commercial development, or any grant within a subdivision of the type defined in Section 1373.
      7. 1. To install and use an electric vehicle charging station in an owner’s garage or a designated parking space that meets the requirements of Section 1353.9, where the installation or use of the charging station requires reasonable access through, or across, the common area for utility lines or meters.
         2. To install and use an electric vehicle charging station through a license granted by an association under Section 1353.9.
2. Any measure placed before the members requesting that the board of directors grant exclusive use of any portion of the common area shall specify whether the association will receive any monetary consideration for the grant and whether the association or the transferee will be responsible for providing any insurance coverage for exclusive use of the common area.

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