1999 Minnesota Statutes

     515B.2-102 Unit boundaries. 

    (a) The declaration shall describe the boundaries of the 
 units as provided in section 515B.2-105(5).  The boundaries need 
 not be delineated by a physical structure.  The unit may consist 
 of noncontiguous portions of the common interest community. 

    (b) In a condominium or cooperative, except as the 
 declaration otherwise provides, if the walls, floors, or 
 ceilings of a unit are designated as its boundaries, then the 
 boundaries shall be the interior, unfinished surfaces of the 
 perimeter walls, floors and ceilings of the unit.  All paneling, 
 tiles, wallpaper, paint, floor covering, and any other finishing 
 materials applied to the interior surfaces of the perimeter 
 walls, floors or ceilings, are a part of the unit, and all other 
 portions of the walls, floors, or ceilings, including perimeter 
 doors and windows, and their frames, are a part of the common 
 elements. 

    (c) In a planned community, except as the declaration 
 otherwise provides, the unit boundaries shall be the boundary 
 lines as designated on a plat recorded pursuant to chapter 505 
 or on a registered land survey filed pursuant to chapter 508 or 
 508A. 

    (d) If any chute, flue, duct, wire, conduit, bearing wall, 
 bearing column, or any other fixture lies partially within and 
 partially outside of the designated boundaries of a unit, any 
 portion thereof serving only that unit is a limited common 
 element allocated solely to that unit, and any portion thereof 
 serving more than one unit or any portion of the common elements 
 is a part of the common elements. 

    (e) Subject to subsection (d), all spaces, interior 
 partitions, and other fixtures and improvements within the 
 boundaries of a unit are a part of the unit. 

    (f) Improvements such as shutters, awnings, window boxes, 
 doorsteps, stoops, porches, balconies, decks, patios, perimeter 
 doors and windows, constructed as part of the original 
 construction to serve a single unit, and authorized replacements 
 and modifications thereof, if located outside the unit's 
 boundaries, are limited common elements allocated exclusively to 
 that unit. 

    HIST: 1993 c 222 art 2 s 2