Connecticut General Statutes

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 47-221 (2026)

Unit boundaries

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Except as provided by the declaration:

(1) If walls, floors or ceilings are designated as boundaries of a unit, all lath, furring, wallboard, plasterboard, plaster, paneling, tiles, wallpaper, paint, finished flooring and any other materials constituting any part of the finished surfaces thereof are a part of the unit, and all other portions of the walls, floors or ceilings are a part of the common elements.

(2) If any chute, flue, duct, wire, conduit, bearing wall, bearing column or any other fixture lies partially within and partially outside the designated boundaries of a unit, any portion thereof serving only that unit is a limited common element allocated solely to that unit, and any portion thereof serving more than one unit or any portion of the common elements is a part of the common elements.

(3) Subject to subsection (2) of this section, all spaces, interior partitions and other fixtures and improvements within the boundaries of a unit are a part of the unit.

(4) Any shutters, awnings, window boxes, doorsteps, stoops, porches, balconies, patios and all exterior doors and windows or other fixtures designed to serve a single unit, but located outside the unit's boundaries, are limited common elements allocated exclusively to that unit.

(P.A. 83-474, S. 22, 96.)

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Notes of Decisions

Cited in 3 cases, 1998–2007 · leading case: Willow Springs Condo. Ass'n v. Seventh BRT Dev. Corp., 717 A.2d 77 (Conn. 1998).

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Willow Springs Condo. Ass'n v. Seventh BRT Dev. Corp., 717 A.2d 77 (Conn. 1998). · cites it 2× “General Statutes § 47-221 (2) provides in part that “[i]f any chute, flue, duct .”

Alvord Inv., LLC v. Zoning Bd. of Appeals, 920 A.2d 1000 (Conn. 2007). · cites it 2× “” Additionally, General Statutes § 47-221 (1), in providing a modifiable standard for *406 determining which parts of a common interest community constitute units and which parts constitute common elements, includes the following language: “If walls, floors or ceilings are…”

Emerald Ridge Prop. Owners Ass'n v. Thornton, 732 A.2d 804 (Conn. App. Ct. 1999). · cites it 2× “a cooperative, a description, which may be by surveys or *10 plans, of each unit created by the declaration, including the unit’s identifying number, its size or number of rooms and its location within a building if it is within a building containing more than one unit; “(6) A…”

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