The developer's other building, the Mosaic does this and as long as the system is kept clean smells are very minimal.

It looks like the developers didn't plan to have a restaurant there so they cheaped out and omitted a restaurant vent. Then when a restaurant did say they would lease the space they jerry-rigged a vent outside the door right by the residential units.

When was Mosaic completed? There's likely fire code requirements to vent horizontally rather than vertically. My building has laundry, bathroom and kitchen vents all share their respective common stacks to the roof, but in new construction they have to be vented out the wall individually.

When was Mosaic completed? There's likely fire code requirements to vent horizontally rather than vertically. My building has laundry, bathroom and kitchen vents all share their respective common stacks to the roof, but in new construction they have to be vented out the wall individually.

If it needs to vent horizontally then whatever units are above the vent will be affected by the smell. Unless they attach some sort of ductwork to the building externally that then runs up the side of the building to the roof. Hmmmm.

I was under the impression the Mosaic restaurant's exclusive vent went straight up the centre of the building to the roof. An external pipe is a solution but where do you put it?

Tribunal decision at https://decisions.civilresolutionbc.ca/crt/sd/en/item/494670/index.do, for those following along at home.

The strata plan shows that apartment 207 is located directly above the restaurant. Based on the photos, I find that apartment 207’s window opens a few feet above the restaurant’s front door and less than 4 feet away from the restaurant’s exhaust vent. The apartment’s air intake vent is located approximately 10 feet directly above the restaurant’s exhaust vent.

Ouch. The owner above probably gets the full meal deal when it comes to smell.