TL;DR: Where can I read the full Residential Building Committee law? Can an apartment owner appoint other owners to vote on their behalf at committee meetings WITHOUT a written formal authorization/tofweed? I'd really appreciate any advice or help. Thanks!
The below is the thorough version and I'm aware it's long. If you read till the end, thank you for putting the time and effort ☀️
We have a narcissistic and obsessive compulsive neighbour who's been harassing and cussing at my parents for almost a year, threatened with legal actions, and is now trying to get her way through a "Lajnit Bineyeh" since her claims have no legal grounds.
My parents and herself are all old, except she has a strong character, title and connections while my parents are simple people who avoid confrontation. (I'm always responsible for handling everything myself, otherwise they are taken advantage of).
Our building is half empty and she claims that 2 owners of vacant apartments authorized her to represent them in votes. No authorization/tewkeel paperwork has been shown, only her word that they appointed her. Where can I find the "Lajnit Bineyeh" laws to see if she can actually represent them based solely on a verbal authorization, without paperwork?
Problem: Neighbour lives on the last floor and had called us claiming that our water tank is leaking and causing her problems. I left work to attend to this on spot because water leaks are serious, checked the roof and she even showed me her apartment and the room under our water tank. There was nothing wrong, at all.
I told her that the roof is dry and there is no signs of leakage around our water tank (it was summer) and that the paint in the room under our tank is literally PERFECT with no sign of any damages, not even regular wear and tear. She bluntly said that she wants us to move our tank to the other side of the building's roof. Our water tank capacity is a quarter 1/4 the capacity of her water tanks, and the other side of the building is legally owned by someone else, hence we can't even move it there.
Two months ago: She throws a 10 voice note tantrum in the building chat, cusses at us, throws blatant accusations of things that are 20 and 30 years old, and says she filed a lawsuit.
Last week: She called to form a building committee. We have all agreed to nominate the same committee president, and all of us agreed to abide by decisions that are set by this committee. Today, the paper has been printed for us to sign, it lists a point in the minutes of meeting that states "All residents should abide by decisions made by the committee regarding building improvements, common spaces, removing damages, and water tanks".
In the meeting, all of us had verbally agreed to that in general, but when put in writing, she added the "removing damages and water tanks" words that weren't discussed in person. I did not sign it yet, and will contest to this in our group chat, but nothing will change since the vote would pass either way. The day after the meeting, she continued harassing us in the group chat.
My Concern: She has always claimed that she represents 2 other apartments in voting due to them being away, the first owner being an individual, and the second a Company. Another 2 owners are women who are afraid of speaking up because she'd bully them too, and have historically sided with her.
I am worried that she would force us to abide by building committee decisions through a majority vote, given that there are no damages to get her way through court. Can the committee force us to move a water tank if there are no damages at all, even if an inspection stated there are no damages caused by our water tank that is a quarter the capacity of other members' tanks?
Ultimately, I am concerned that if this proves to work for her, she will become more entitled to force my parents to other things, and I am not always around to handle these matters, so I want to end this debacle once and for all. How do I go about this?
