68 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes Chapter 52 - Creation, Alteration And Termination Of Planned Communities

• Chapter Notes
• Section 5201 - Creation Of Planned Community
  A planned community may be created pursuant to this subpart only by recording a declaration executed in the same manner as a deed by...
• Section 5202 - Unit Boundaries
  Except as provided by the declaration: (1) Subject to the provisions of paragraph (2), all space, fixtures and improvements within the boundaries of a...
• Section 5203 - Construction And Validity Of Declaration And Bylaws
  (a) Provisions severable.--All provisions of the declaration and bylaws are severable. (b) Applications of rule against perpetuities.--The rule against perpetuities may not be applied...
• Section 5204 - Description Of Units
  After the declaration is recorded, a description of the unit which sets forth the name of the planned community, the recording data for the...
• Section 5205 - Contents Of Declaration; All Planned Communities
  The declaration for a planned community must contain: (1) The name of the planned community, which must include the words "planned community" or be...
• Section 5206 - Contents Of Declaration For Flexible Planned Communities
  The declaration for a flexible planned community shall include, in addition to the matters specified in section 5205 (relating to contents of declaration; all...
• Section 5207 - Leasehold Planned Communities
  (a) Recording lease and contents of declaration.--A lease the expiration or termination of which may terminate the planned community or reduce its size shall...
• Section 5208 - Allocation Of Votes And Common Expense Liabilities
  (a) General rule.--The declaration shall allocate a fraction or percentage of the common expenses of the association and a portion of the votes in...
• Section 5209 - Limited Common Elements
  (a) Allocation.--Except for the limited common elements described in section 5202 (relating to unit boundaries), the declaration shall specify to which unit or units...
• Section 5210 - Plats And Plans
  (a) General rule.--Plats and plans are a part of the declaration. Separate plats and plans are not required by this subpart if all the...
• Section 5211 - Conversion And Expansion Of Flexible Planned Communities
  (a) General rule.--To convert convertible real estate or add additional real estate pursuant to an option reserved under section 5206 (relating to contents of...
• Section 5212 - Withdrawal Of Withdrawable Real Estate
  (a) General rule.--To withdraw withdrawable real estate from a flexible planned community pursuant to an option reserved under section 5206 (relating to contents of...
• Section 5213 - Alteration Of Units
  Subject to the provisions of the declaration and other provisions of law, all of the following apply: (1) A unit owner may make any...
• Section 5214 - Relocation Of Boundaries Between Units
  (a) General rule.--Subject to the provisions of the declaration and other provisions of law, the boundaries between adjoining units may be relocated by an...
• Section 5215 - Subdivision Or Conversion Of Units
  (a) General rule.--If the declaration expressly so permits, a unit may be subdivided into two or more units or, in the case of a...
• Section 5216 - Easement For Encroachments
  To the extent that any unit or common element encroaches on any other unit or common element, a valid easement for the encroachment exists....
• Section 5217 - Declarant Offices, Models And Signs
  (a) Common elements.--A declarant may maintain offices and models in the common element portion of the planned community only in connection with management of...
• Section 5218 - Easement To Facilitate Completion, Conversion And Expansion
  Subject to the provisions of the declaration, a declarant has an easement through the common elements as may be reasonably necessary for the purpose...
• Section 5219 - Amendment Of Declaration
  (a) Number of votes required.-- (1) The declaration, including the plats and plans, may be amended only by vote or agreement of unit owners...
• Section 5220 - Termination Of Planned Community
  (a) Number of votes required.--Except in the case of a taking of all the units by eminent domain in section 5107 (relating to eminent...
• Section 5221 - Rights Of Secured Lenders
  (a) Secured lender approval.--The declaration may require that all or a specified number or percentage of the mortgagees or beneficiaries of deeds of trust...
• Section 5222 - Master Associations
  (a) Applicability of section.--If the declaration for a planned community provides that any of the powers described in section 5302 (relating to power of...
• Section 5223 - Merger Or Consolidation Of Planned Community
  (a) General rule.--Any two or more planned communities by agreement of the unit owners as provided in subsection (b) may be merged or consolidated...

Last modified: October 8, 2016