Building Rules and Regulations
The following Building Rules and Regulations have been adopted by the Landlord for the care, protection and benefit of the Premises and the Building and for the general comfort and welfare of all tenants.
1. The sidewalks, walks, entrances, corridors, concourses, ramps, staircases, and elevators shall not be obstructed or used for any purpose other than ingress and egress to and from the Premises. No bicycle or motorcycle shall be brought into the Building or kept on the Premises without the consent of Landlord.
2. No freight, furniture or bulky matter of any description will be received into the Building or carried into the elevators except in such a manner, during such hours and using such elevators and passageways as may be approved by Landlord, and then only having been scheduled in advance. Any hand trucks, carryalls or similar appliances used for the delivery or receipt of merchandise or equipment shall be equipped with rubber tires, side guards and such other safeguards as Landlord shall require.
3. Landlord shall have the right to prescribe the weight, position and manner of installation of safes or other heavy equipment which shall, if considered necessary by Landlord, be installed in a manner which shall insure satisfactory weight distribution. All damage done to the Building by reason of a safe or any other article of Tenant's office equipment being on the Premises shall be repaired at the expense of Tenant. The time and manner of moving safes or other heavy equipment shall be subject to prior approval by Landlord.
4. Only persons authorized by Landlord will be permitted to furnish ice, drinking water, towels, barbering, shoe shining, floor polishing and other similar services to Tenant, and only at hours and under regulations fixed by Landlord. Tenant shall use no other method of heating or cooling than that supplied by Landlord or by prior Landlord approval in writing. Space heaters are not permitted within the Premises.
5. Tenant, or the employees, agents, servants, visitors or licensees of Tenant shall not at any time, place, leave or discard any rubbish, paper, articles or objects of any kind whatsoever outside the doors of the Premises or in the corridors or passageways of the Building. No animals or birds shall be brought or kept in or about the Building.
6. Landlord shall have the right to prohibit any advertising by Tenant, which in Landlord's opinion, tends to impair the reputation of the Building or its desirability for offices, and upon written notice from Landlord, Tenant will refrain from or discontinue such advertising.
7. Tenant shall not place, cause or allow to be placed any sign or lettering whatsoever, at, in, about or upon the Premises, except in and at such places as may be designated by Landlord and consented to by Landlord in writing. All lettering and graphics on corridor doors shall conform to the standard prescribed by Landlord.
8. Canvassing, soliciting or peddling in the Building is prohibited and Tenant shall cooperate to prevent same.
9. Landlord shall have the right to exclude any person from the Building other than during customary business hours, and any person in the Building will be subject to identification by the employees and agents of Landlord. All persons in or entering the Building shall be required to comply with the security procedures of the Building. Landlord will provide all security services for the Building, provided that if Tenant desires any additional security service for the Premises, Tenant shall have the right (with the advance written consent of Landlord) to obtain such additional service at Tenant's sole cost and expense.
10. Only workers employed, designated or approved by Landlord may be employed for repairs, installations, alterations, painting, material moving and other similar work which may be done in the Premises.
11. Tenant shall not do any cooking or conduct any restaurant, luncheonette or cafeteria for the sale or service of food or beverages to its employees or to others, or permit the delivery of any food or beverage to the Premises, except by such persons delivering the same as shall be approved by Landlord and only under regulations fixed by Landlord; Tenant may, however, operate a coffee, tea and soft drink bar and microwave by and for its employees and invitees.
12. Tenant shall not bring or permit to be brought or kept in or on the Premises any inflammable, combustible, corrosive, caustic, poisonous or explosive fluid, material, chemical or substance, or cause or permit any odors to permeate in or emanate from the Premises.
13. Tenant shall not mark, paint, drill into, or in any way deface any part of the Building or the Premises. No boring, cutting or stringing of wires shall be permitted, except with the prior written consent of Landlord, as Landlord may direct. Tenant shall not install any resilient tile or similar floor covering in the Premises except with the prior approval of Landlord.
14. No additional locks or bolts of any kind shall be placed on any door in the Building or the Premises and no lock on any door therein shall be changed or altered in any respect. Landlord shall furnish two keys for each lock on doors in the Premises and shall, on Tenant's request and at Tenant's expense, provide additional duplicate keys. All keys and access cards shall be returned to Landlord upon the termination of the Lease. Landlord may at all times keep a pass key to the Premises. All entrance doors to the Premises shall be left closed at all times, and left locked when the Premises are not in use.
15. Tenant shall give immediate notice to Landlord in case of accidents in the Premises or in the Building or of defects therein or in any fixtures or equipment, or of any known emergency in the Building.
16. Tenant shall not use the Premises or permit the Premises to be used for photographic, multilith or multigraph reproductions except in connection with its own business and there only with Landlord's prior permission.
17. Tenant shall not use or permit any portion of the Premises to be used as an office for a public stenographer or typist, offset printing, the sale of liquor or tobacco, a barber or manicure shop, an employment bureau, a labor union office, a doctor's or dentist's office, a dance or music studio, any type of school, or for any use other than those specifically granted in the Lease.
18. Tenant shall not advertise for laborers giving the Premises as an address, nor pay such laborers at a location in the Premises.
19. The requirements of Tenant will be attended to only upon application at the offices of the Building. Employees of Landlord shall not perform any work or do nothing outside of their regular duties, unless under special instructions from the offices of Landlord.
20. Tenant shall not place a load upon any floor of the Premises which exceeds the load per square foot which such floor was designed to carry and which is allowed by law. Business machines and mechanical equipment belonging to Tenant which cause noise, vibration or any other nuisance that may be transmitted to the structure or other portions of the Building or to the Premises, to such a degree as to be objectionable to Landlord or which interfere with the use or enjoyment by other tenants of their premises or the public portions of the Building, shall be placed and maintained by Tenant, at Tenant's expense, in settings of cork, rubber or spring type vibration eliminators sufficient to eliminate noise or vibration.
21. No draperies, shutters or other covering may be installed by Tenant between the building standard window covering and the exterior windows or walls. Installation and use of lighting which is visible from the exterior of the Building, except for building standard lights, are subject to the prior written approval of Landlord. Tenant shall not place any bottles, parcels or other articles on the window sills.
22. Tenant in order to obtain maximum effectiveness of the cooling system, shall lower and/or close the blinds or drapes when sun's rays fall directly on windows of Premises. Tenant shall not remove the standard blinds installed in the Premises.
23. Tenant shall not place, install or operate within the Premises or any other part of the Building any engine, stove or machinery, or conduct mechanical operations therein, without the written consent of Landlord.
24. No portion of the Premises or any other part of the Building shall at any time be used or occupied as sleeping or lodging quarters or for any immoral or illegal purpose or activity not appropriate, in Landlord's sole discretion, to an office building of the quality and stature of the Building.
25. Except as allowed and contained in the Plans, Tenant shall not (without the Landlord's express prior written consent) install or operate any computer other than desk top personal computers or other large business machine, equipment, steam engine, boiler, other machinery, or stove upon the Premises, or carry on any mechanical business thereon, or do any cooking thereon, or use or allow to be used in the Premises oil, burning fluids, camphene, gasoline or kerosene for heating, warming or lighting. No article deemed extra hazardous on account of fire and no explosives shall be brought into said Premises. No offensive gases or liquids will be permitted in the Project.
26. Tenant shall not make, or permit to be made, any unseemly or disturbing noises or disturb or interfere with occupants of the Building or neighboring buildings or premises or those having business with them, whether by the use of any musical instrument, radio, talking machine, unmusical noise, whistling, singing or in any other way. Tenant shall not throw anything out of the doors, windows or skylights or down the passageways. Tenant shall not cause or permit any unseemly or disturbing activity or conduct to be visible through any window, opening, doorway, glass storefront or other glass surface or any other means of visibility that disturbs or interferes with (i) tenants or other occupants of the building or their licensees or invitees or (ii) neighboring buildings or premises or those having business with them, including without limitation, receptions, parties, recreation and other activities of a social nature not directly related to Tenant's use of the Premises.
27. Landlord will post on the directory of the Building one name to be designated by the Tenant at no charge. All additional names which Tenant shall desire put upon said directory must be first consented to by Landlord, and if so approved, a charge will be made for such additional listing as prescribed by Landlord to be paid to Landlord by Tenant.
28. The smoking of any cigar, cigarette, pipe or other smoking equipment is strictly prohibited within the Building. Smoking on the Project is only allowed in designated smoking areas.
29. Upon occupancy, Tenant shall determine the physical location for emergency evacuation of Tenant's employees around the perimeter of the Building and shall communicate the same to Tenant's employees.
30. Tenant and its employees and invitees shall observe and obey all parking and traffic regulations as imposed by Landlord.
31. Tenant shall comply with Building Fire Safety procedures and shall participate in all Fire Safety and Emergency Training and Drills in accordance with applicable Fire Codes.
32. Landlord may waive any one or more of these Rules and Regulations for the benefit of any particular lessee, but no such waiver by Landlord shall be construed as a waiver of such Rules and Regulations in favor of any other lessee, nor prevent Landlord from thereafter enforcing any such Rules and Regulations against any or all of the other lessees of the Building.
33. Landlord shall have the right to change the name of the Project and to change the street address of the Project, provided that in the case of a change in the street address, Landlord shall give Tenant not less than sixty (60) days’ notice of the change, unless the change is required by governmental authority.
34. The Building and Project is a weapons free environment. No tenant, owner of a tenant, officer or employee of a tenant, visitor of a tenant, contractor or subcontractor of a tenant, or any other party shall carry weapons (concealed or not) of any kind in the Building or parking areas. This prohibition applies to all public areas, including, without limitation, restrooms, elevators, elevator lobbies, first floor lobby, stairwells, common hallways, all areas within the leased premises of tenants, all surface parking areas and the surrounding land related to the Building.
35. These Rules and Regulations are supplemental to, and shall not be construed to in any way modify or amend, in whole or in part, the terms, covenants, agreements and conditions of any lease of any premises in the Building.
36. Landlord reserves the right to make such other and reasonable Rules and Regulations as in its judgment may from time to time be needed for the safety, care and cleanliness of the Building and/or the Project, and for the preservation of good order therein.