Exclusive Use Common Area

The term assigned by the Davis-Stirling Act to those portions of the common area reserved for the use of one or more, but less than all, owners within the community. (Civ. Code §4145) The Act states that unless the CC&Rs otherwise provide, any shutters, awnings, window boxes, doorsteps, stoops, porches, balconies, patios, exterior doors, doorframes, and hardware incident thereto, screens and windows or other fixtures designed to serve a separate interest, but located outside the boundaries of the separate interest, are exclusive use common area allocated exclusive to that separate interest. Ibid. Unless the governing documents otherwise provide, the homeowner is responsible for the maintenance of the exclusive use common area. (Civ. Code §4775(a))

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