1997 Minnesota Statutes

     515B.2-113 Alterations of units. 

    Subject to the provisions of the declaration and applicable 
 law: 

    (a) A unit owner may make any improvements or alterations 
 to the unit that do not impair the structural integrity or 
 mechanical systems, affect the common elements, or impair the 
 support of any portion of the common interest community 
 provided, (i) that prior arrangements are made with the 
 association to ensure that other unit owners are not disturbed, 
 (ii) that the common elements are not damaged, and (iii) that 
 the common elements and other units are protected against 
 mechanics' liens. 

    (b) A unit owner may, after acquiring title to an adjoining 
 unit or an adjoining part of an adjoining unit, with the prior 
 written approval of the association and first mortgagees of the 
 affected units, remove or alter any intervening partition or 
 create apertures therein, even if the partition is part of the 
 common elements, if those acts do not impair the structural 
 integrity or mechanical systems or lessen the support of any 
 portion of the common interest community.  The adjoining unit 
 owners shall have the exclusive license to use the space 
 occupied by the removed partition, but the use shall not create 
 an easement or vested right.  Removal of partitions or creation 
 of apertures under this paragraph is not an alteration of 
 boundaries.  The association may require that the owner or 
 owners of units affected replace or restore any removed 
 partition, that the unit owner comply with subsection (a)(i), 
 (ii) and (iii), and that the unit owner pay all fees and costs 
 incurred by the association in connection with the alteration. 

    HIST: 1993 c 222 art 2 s 13