SECTION 55-79.50. Construction of condominium instruments  

Except to the extent otherwise provided by the condominium instruments:

(a) The terms defined in § 55-79.41 shall be deemed to have the meanings therein specified wherever they appear in the condominium instruments unless the context otherwise requires.

(b) To the extent that walls, floors and/or ceilings are designated as the boundaries of the units or of any specified units, all lath, wallboard, plasterboard, plaster, paneling, tiles, wallpaper, paint, finished flooring and any other materials constituting any part of the finished surfaces thereof, shall be deemed a part of such units, while all other portions of such walls, floors and/or ceilings shall be deemed a part of the common elements.

(c) If any chutes, flues, ducts, conduits, wires, bearing walls, bearing columns or any other apparatus lies partially within and partially outside of the designated boundaries of a unit, any portions thereof serving only that unit shall be deemed a part of that unit, while any portions thereof serving more than one unit or any portion of the common elements shall be deemed a part of the common elements.

(d) Subject to the provisions of subsection (c) hereof, all space, interior partitions and other fixtures and improvements within the boundaries of a unit shall be deemed a part of that unit.

(e) Any shutters, awnings, doors, windows, window boxes, doorsteps, porches, balconies, patios and any other apparatus designed to serve a single unit, but located outside the boundaries thereof, shall be deemed a limited common element appertaining to that unit exclusively; provided that if a single unit's electrical master switch is located outside the designated boundaries of the unit, the switch and its cover shall be deemed a part of the common elements.

1974, c. 416; 1982, cc. 206, 545.