Repairs – Who Pays

CALIFORNIA CIVIL CODE

SECTION 4145

4145.  (a) "Exclusive use common area" means a portion of the common
area designated by the declaration for the exclusive use of one or
more, but fewer than all, of the owners of the separate interests and
which is or will be appurtenant to the separate interest or
interests.
   (b) Unless the declaration otherwise provides, 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 single separate
interest, but located outside the boundaries of the separate
interest, are exclusive use common area allocated exclusively to that
separate interest.
   (c) Notwithstanding the provisions of the declaration, internal
and external telephone wiring designed to serve a single separate
interest, but located outside the boundaries of the separate
interest, is exclusive use common area allocated exclusively to that
separate interest.