57-8-7. Common areas and facilities.
(1) As used in this section:
(a) "emergency repairs" means any repairs which if not made in a timely manner will
likely result in immediate and substantial damage to the common areas and facilities or to
another unit or units; and
(b) "reasonable notice" means written notice which is hand delivered to the unit at least
24 hours prior to the proposed entry.
(2) Each unit owner shall be entitled to an undivided interest in the common areas and
facilities in the percentages or fractions expressed in the declaration. The declaration may
allocate to each unit an undivided interest in the common areas and facilities proportionate to
either the size or par value of the unit. Otherwise, the declaration shall allocate to each unit an
equal undivided interest in the common areas and facilities, subject to the following exception:
each convertible space depicted on the condominium plat shall be allocated an undivided interest
in the common areas and facilities proportionate to the size of the space vis-a-vis the aggregate
size of all units so depicted, while the remaining undivided interest in the common areas and
facilities shall be allocated equally among the other units so depicted. The undivided interest in
the common areas and facilities allocated in accordance with this Subsection (2) shall add up to
one if stated as fractions or to 100% if stated as percentages. If an equal undivided interest in the
common areas and facilities is allocated to each unit, the declaration may simply state that fact
and need not express the fraction or percentage so allocated. Otherwise, the undivided interest
allocated to each unit shall be reflected by a table in the declaration, or by an exhibit or schedule
accompanying the declaration and recorded simultaneously with it, containing columns. The first
column shall identify the units, listing them serially or grouping them together in the case of units
to which identical undivided interests are allocated. Corresponding figures in the second and
third columns shall set forth the respective sizes or par values of those units and the fraction or
percentage of undivided interest in the common areas and facilities allocated thereto.
(3) Except as otherwise expressly provided by this act, the undivided interest of each unit
owner in the common areas and facilities as expressed in the declaration shall have a permanent
character and shall not be altered without the consent of two-thirds of the unit owners expressed
in an amended declaration duly recorded. The undivided interest in the common areas and
facilities shall not be separated from the unit to which it appertains and shall be considered to be
conveyed or encumbered or released from liens with the unit even though such interest is not
expressly mentioned or described in the conveyance or other instrument. A time period unit may
not be further divided into shorter time periods by a conveyance or disclaimer.
(4) The common areas and facilities shall remain undivided and no unit owner or any
other person shall bring any action for partition or division of any part thereof, unless the
property has been removed from the provisions of this act as provided in Sections 57-8-22 and
57-8-31. Any covenants to the contrary shall be null and void.
(5) Each unit owner may use the common areas and facilities in accordance with the
purpose for which they were intended without hindering or encroaching upon the lawful rights of
the other unit owners.
(6) The necessary work of maintenance, repair, and replacement of the common areas
and facilities and the making of any additions or improvements thereon shall be carried out only
as provided in this act or in the declaration or bylaws.
(7) The manager or management committee shall have the right to have access to each
unit:
(a) from time to time during reasonable hours and after reasonable notice to the occupant
of the unit being entered, as may be necessary for the maintenance, repair, or replacement of any
of the common areas and facilities; or
(b) for making emergency repairs necessary to prevent damage to the common areas and
facilities or to another unit or units, provided that a reasonable effort is made to provide notice to
the occupant of the unit prior to entry.
Amended by Chapter 265, 2003 General Session
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