(a) For the purposes of this section, “limited equity cooperative” means a cooperative whose declaration contains any restrictions on (1) the amount for which a unit may be sold, or (2) the amount that may be received by a unit owner on the (A) sale or condemnation of, or casualty loss to, the unit or to the common interest community, (B) termination of the common interest community, or (C) abandonment or other termination of a unit owner’s or tenant’s right of occupancy of a unit.

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(b) The declaration of a limited equity cooperative may provide, notwithstanding the requirements of subdivision (3) of subsection (a) of section 47-224, that the declaration may be amended by vote or agreement of unit owners of units to which at least sixty-seven per cent of the votes in the association are allocated, to add land and units to the cooperative, even though the land and units were not described in the original declaration.

(c) If the declaration of a limited equity cooperative is amended pursuant to subsection (b) of this section to add land or units, the amendment shall comply with sections 47-229 and 47-236; provided (1) the amendment may reallocate the allocated interests among all the units in any reasonable manner which has been approved by the vote or agreement of unit owners; and (2) the amendment shall contain a legally sufficient description of the real property added to the cooperative.