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����� 1. Except as otherwise provided in this
section and subject to the provisions of the declaration and other provisions
of law, a unit�s owner:
����� (a) May make any improvements or alterations to
his or her unit that do not impair the structural integrity or mechanical
systems or lessen the support of any portion of the common-interest community;
����� (b) May not change the appearance of the common
elements, or the exterior appearance of a unit or any other portion of the
common-interest community, without permission of the association; and
����� (c) After acquiring an adjoining unit or an
adjoining part of an adjoining unit, may remove or alter any intervening
partition or create apertures therein, even if the partition in whole or in
part is a common element, if those acts do not impair the structural integrity
or mechanical systems or lessen the support of any portion of the
common-interest community. Removal of partitions or creation of apertures under
this paragraph is not an alteration of boundaries.
����� 2. An association may not:
����� (a) Unreasonably restrict, prohibit or otherwise
impede the lawful rights of a unit�s owner to have reasonable access to his or
her unit.
����� (b) Charge any fee for a person to enter the
common-interest community to provide services to a unit, a unit�s owner or a
tenant of a unit�s owner or for any visitor to the common-interest community or
invitee of a unit�s owner or a tenant of a unit�s owner to enter the
common-interest community.
����� (c) Unreasonably restrict, prohibit or withhold
approval for a unit�s owner to add to a unit:
������������ (1) Improvements such as ramps, railings
or elevators that are necessary to improve access to the unit for any occupant
of the unit who has a disability;
������������ (2) Additional locks to improve the
security of the unit;
������������ (3) Shutters to improve the security of
the unit or to reduce the costs of energy for the unit; or
������������ (4) A system that uses wind energy to
reduce the costs of energy for the unit if the boundaries of the unit encompass
2 acres or more within the common-interest community.
����� (d) With regard to approving or disapproving any
improvement or alteration made to a unit, act in violation of any state or
federal law.
����� 3. Any improvement or alteration made
pursuant to subsection 2 that is visible from any other portion of the
common-interest community must be installed, constructed or added in accordance
with the procedures set forth in the governing documents of the association and
must be selected or designed to the maximum extent practicable to be compatible
with the style of the common-interest community.
����� 4. An association may not unreasonably
restrict, prohibit or withhold approval for a unit�s owner to add shutters to
improve the security of the unit or to reduce the costs of energy for the unit,
including, without limitation, rolling shutters, that are attached to a portion
of an interior or exterior window, interior or exterior door or interior or
exterior wall which is not part of the unit and which is a common element or
limited common element if:
����� (a) The portion of the window, door or wall to
which the shutters are attached is adjoining the unit; and
����� (b) The shutters must necessarily be attached to
that portion of the window, door or wall during installation to achieve the
maximum benefit in improving the security of the unit or reducing the costs of energy
for the unit.
����� 5. If a unit�s owner adds shutters
pursuant to subsection 4, the unit�s owner is responsible for the maintenance
of the shutters.
����� 6. For the purposes of subsection 4, a
covenant, restriction or condition which does not unreasonably restrict the
addition of shutters and which is contained in the governing documents of a
common-interest community or a policy established by a common-interest
community is enforceable so long as the covenant, restriction or condition was:
����� (a) In existence on July 1, 2009; or
����� (b) Contained in the governing documents in
effect on the close of escrow of the first sale of a unit in the
common-interest community.
����� 7. A unit�s owner may not add to the unit
a system that uses wind energy as described in subparagraph (4) of paragraph
(c) of subsection 2 unless the unit�s owner first obtains the written consent
of each owner of property within 300 feet of any boundary of the unit.