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The whole thing (if there is NO fire code for these) boils down to liability for the building:
1. If I were to quote anything, it would be the proprietary lease to which the person subscribed out of free will: what IS defined as CO-OP PROPERTYv. what belongs to the assigned shares. The board is free to legislate on the Co-op property even without any governmental law. It belongs to the co-op and it's the board responsibility to see to it that nothing in these areas become a liability that will cost money to its shareholders (WHERE IS FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITY???). No wonder TV antennaes including satellite dishes may be banned from the outside structure if you wish to clamp down on their installation. IN fact, the government has a strong statement for these.
2. The mat is the shareholder or renter, but it is placed in a common area under co-op responsibility; thus, you can declare it "ABANDONED" property and eventually dispose it if knowing the owner you provide notification (consult your co-op attorney for best procedure) and if your House Rules state "No articles in hallway including doormats -- well perhaps you specify doormats separately as a no item in hallways, for the case is the same.
3. If the infamous doormat or object in the hallway is the cause of someone's fall, the building is dragged into the liability and not the owner of the mat, who can tell you it was "abandoned property; after all, it was in co-op property.
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Under the fire code it falls under "Obstruction of Egress".
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