A inium (or condo for short) is an ownership regime in which a building (or group of buildings) is divided into multiple units that are either each separately owned, or owned in common with exclusive rights of occupation by individual owners.
Condo owners share ownership of the common areas with other owners, while common areas in townhouse developments are usually owned by the homeowners' association for the benefit and use of unit owners.
In inium associations these “common areas” are owned in common by all the property owners within the development. In townhome developments these are more commonly owned by the homeowners association for the benefit of the association's members.
An apartment building in which each apartment is owned separately by the people living in it, but also containing shared areas. (informal condo) an apartment in a inium.
All North Carolina homeowners associations must be incorporated. If an HOA is organized as a nonprofit, it is subject to the North Carolina Nonprofit Corporation Act. One or more persons may incorporate the organization by filing the Articles of Incorporation with the North Carolina Secretary of State.
Generally, the North Carolina inium Act requires unanimous approval of amendments that shift the allocation of undivided interests in the common elements or in the common expenses. A covenant amendment as to the party responsible for limited common element maintenance is not such an amendment.
Condo owners share ownership of the common areas with other owners, while common areas in townhouse developments are usually owned by the homeowners' association for the benefit and use of unit owners.