Bid to allow public access to minimart in condo fails

A visitor had to pass by residential blocks and two swimming pools in the common areas of Urban Vista condo to get to the minimart, which was located at the far end from the entrance to the property.
A visitor had to pass by residential blocks and two swimming pools in the common areas of Urban Vista condo to get to the minimart, which was located at the far end from the entrance to the property.PHOTO: STRATA TITLES BOARDS
Published
Dec 29, 2018, 5:00 am SGT

STB rules that management corporation and residents have right to restrict access to estate

Senior Law Correspondent
vijayan@sph.com.sg

A minimart landlord's request to let the public patronise its shop in a condominium was turned down by the Strata Titles Boards (STB), which ruled that such access had to be approved by the condo residents and its management corporation (MC).

The STB ruled that the Urban Vista condo was a residential development based on the Urban Redevelopment Authority's classification, and not a mixed development.

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on December 29, 2018, with the headline 'Bid to allow public access to minimart in condo fails'. Print Edition | Subscribe
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