(a) The declaration may allocate to each unit depicted on plats and plans that comply with subsections (a) and (b) of § 42-1902.14 an undivided interest in the common elements proportionate to either the size or par value of each unit.
(b) Otherwise, the declaration shall allocate to each such unit an equal undivided interest in the common elements, subject to the following exception: Each convertible space so depicted shall be allocated an undivided interest in the common elements proportionate to the size of each such space, vis-à-vis the aggregate size of all units so depicted, while the remaining undivided interest in the common elements shall be allocated equally to the other units so depicted.
(c) The undivided interests in the common elements allocated in accordance with subsection (a) or (b) of this section shall add up to 1 if stated as fractions or 100% if stated as percentages.
(d) If, in accordance with subsection (a) or (b) of this section, an equal undivided interest in the common elements is allocated to each unit, the declaration may simply state that fact and need not express the fraction or percentage so allocated.
(e) Otherwise, the undivided interest allocated to each unit in accordance with subsection (a) or (b) of this section shall be reflected by a table in the declaration, or by an exhibit or schedule accompanying the declaration and recorded simultaneously therewith, containing 3 columns. The first column shall identify the units, listing them serially or grouping them together in the case of units to which identical undivided interests are allocated. Corresponding figures in the second and third columns shall set forth the respective areas or par values of those units and the fraction or percentage of undivided interest in the common elements allocated thereto.
(f) Except to the extent otherwise expressly provided by this chapter, the undivided interest in the common elements allocated to any unit shall not be altered, and any purported transfer, encumbrance, or other disposition of that interest without the unit to which it appertains shall be void.
(g) The common elements shall not be subject to any suit for partition until and unless the condominium is terminated.
(Mar. 29, 1977, D.C. Law 1-89, title II, § 211, 23 DCR 9532b.)
1981 Ed., § 45-1821.
1973 Ed., § 5-1221.
This section is referenced in § 42-1902.10.
Structure District of Columbia Code
Subchapter II - Establishment of Condominiums
§ 42–1902.01. Creation of condominiums; recordation of instruments; plats; contiguity of units
§ 42–1902.04. Declaration, bylaws and amendments of each to be executed by owners and lessees
§ 42–1902.05. Recordation of condominium instruments; amendment and certification thereof
§ 42–1902.07. Instruments construed together and incorporate one another; when conflict arises
§ 42–1902.09. Compliance with condominium chapter and instruments
§ 42–1902.15. Preliminary recordation of plans
§ 42–1902.16. Easement for encroachments and support; where liability not relieved
§ 42–1902.20. Contraction of the Condominium
§ 42–1902.21. Declarant’s easement over common elements for purpose of improvements, etc
§ 42–1902.22. Sales offices, model units, etc.; authorization; when become common elements
§ 42–1902.27. Amendment of instruments