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Your prop mgr should send the SH a letter ASAAP saying the camera is in violation of the house rules and must be removed within 48 hours of the letter date. Put the letter under his door (in a sealed envelope) on the letter date and send it certified/return receipt. State on it: "Hand-delivered to Apt X and via Certified mail/return receipt".
The letter should also say if the camera is not removed as required, the apt corporation will have a qualified service remove it and the SH will be billed for all charges incurred for this service.
Our roof door is locked and residents are not allowed on the roof. We had a SH who went up the fire escape to the roof and installed a satellite dish for his apt. We sent him a letter stating the above which our attorney said we could do. He didn't remove the satellite dish so we had it removed, returned the equipment to him, and billed him for the removal service. He paid the charges and there was no further issue, but it's even more important that you have that camera removed to avoid problems for the coop with other residents.
The letter should be courteous but firm. Don't let this slide, and do it asap.
Many new SHs don't read the house rules. You should advise all new SHs that it's their responsibility to read and comply with them. We include the rules in all our sale/sublet packages, and all applicants are told to read them and required to initial each page. This way, they can't say they never got the rules or they didn't know what they are.
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