OTARD says the landlord can't tell you not to put an antenna on the
house. The landlord absolutely *can* tell you not to put holes in his
property. The FCC website on the topic spells this out pretty clearly.
I.E.: OTARD protects you if you can manage to install without any
penetrations. This is why you'll see apartment complexes with dishes
clamped on the deck railings and they make flat coax to go in through a
window.
OTARD rules cover it.
It's s town home so you can mount anywhere on their portion of the
building including the roof.
If he has an issue with the cable and holes he needs to talk to the
renter.
You could also let him know that quality internet service makes his
property more rentable.
On Monday, March 16, 2015, Darin Steffl <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
Hey all,
So I got an angry call from a owner of a townhouse who rents it
out to one of our new internet customers. We were never made aware
the home was a rental in any way. Our techs always ask permission
on where to mount the dish and bring in the wire and they were
given approval to mount the dish on the roof and drill a hole for
the wire. If it was a rental, we would have talked to the landlord.
The home owner now wants us to remove the dish, cable, and holes
and restore everything to original condition. He wants new siding,
new shingles, the whole works.
I don't exactly know how I should handle this situation. We won't
be pulling the mount off the roof because it is sealed if we leave
it there. We can't move the dish because the signal is only good
there. Do we have any sort of protection from OTARD or anything
that allows us to keep things in place since we were given
permission from the tenant?
Ideas or ways to handle this smoothly? We are not going to pay for
new siding or roofing when we were given permission to install. If
anything, the tenant would be responsible since we did the work on
their behalf.
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Darin Steffl
Minnesota WiFi
www.mnwifi.com <http://www.mnwifi.com/>
507-634-WiFi
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