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  • No sign, placard, picture, advertisement, name or notice shall be installed or displayed on any part of the outside or inside of the building, if visible from a public area, without the prior written consent of the Landlord.  Landlord shall have the right to remove, at Tenant’s expense and without notice, any sign installed or displayed in violation of this rule.  All approved signs or lettering in public corridors shall be inscribed or affixed at the expense of Tenant by a person or vendor chosen by Landlord and in conformance with the building standard signage program.  In addition, Landlord reserves the right to change from time to time the format of the signs or lettering and to require previously approved signs or lettering to be appropriately altered.
  • Tenant shall use and keep in place the building standard window covering.  Tenant shall not place anything or allow anything to be placed against or near any doors or windows which may appear unsightly, in the opinion of Landlord, from outside the premises.
  • Tenant shall not obstruct any sidewalks, halls, passages, exits, entrances, elevators or stairways of the building.  The halls, passages, exits, entrances, shopping malls, elevators, escalators and stairways are not for the general public, and Landlord shall in all cases retain the right to control and prevent access thereto of all persons whose presence in the judgment of Landlord would be prejudicial to the safety, character, reputation and interests of the building and its tenants.  However, nothing contained herein shall be construed to prevent such access to persons with whom any tenant normally deals in the ordinary course of its business, unless such persons are engaged in illegal activities.  No tenant and no employee or invitee of any tenant shall go upon the roof of the building.
  • The directory of the building will be provided exclusively for the display of the name and location of tenants only, and Landlord reserves the right to exclude any other names. One entry in the building directory shall be provided.
  • All cleaning services for the premises shall be arranged exclusively through the Landlord. Tenant shall not cause any unnecessary labor or service by carelessness or indifference to the good order and cleanliness of the premises, however occurring.
  • Landlord will furnish Tenant, free of charge, with two keys to each door lock in the premises. Landlord may make a reasonable charge for any additional keys.  Tenant shall not make or have made additional keys, and Tenant shall not alter any lock or install a new or additional lock or bolt on any door of its premises.  Tenant, upon the termination of its tenancy, shall deliver to Landlord the keys of all doors which have been furnished to Tenant, and in the event of loss of any keys so furnished, shall pay Landlord therefore.
  • If Tenant requires telegraphic, telephonic, burglar alarm or similar services, it shall first obtain, and comply with, Landlord’s instructions for their installation.
  • No equipment, materials, furniture, packages, supplies, or other property will be received in the building or carried in the elevators except between such hours and in such elevators as may be designated by Landlord.  Furniture, equipment or supplies shall be moved in and out of the building only during such hours, and in such elevators as may be designated by Landlord.
  • Tenant shall not place a load upon any floor, which exceeds the load per square foot, which such floor was designed to carry and which is allowed by law.  Landlord, through Landlord’s structural engineer, whose fee shall be paid for by Tenant, shall have the right to prescribe the weight, size and position of all equipment; materials, furniture or other property brought into the building.  Heavy objects shall stand on such platforms as determined by Landlord to be necessary to properly distribute weight.  Business machines and mechanical equipment belonging to Tenant which cause noise or vibration that may be transmitted to the structure of the building or to any space therein to such a degree as to be objectionable to Landlord or to any tenants shall be placed and maintained by Tenant, at Tenant’s expense, on vibration eliminators or other devices sufficient to eliminate noise or vibration.  The persons employed to move such equipment in or out of the building must be acceptable to Landlord.  Tenant will be responsible for loss or damage done to the building by maintaining or moving such equipment or other property.
  • Tenant shall not use any method of heating or air conditioning such as space heaters or fans other than that supplied by Landlord.  Tenant shall not waste electricity, water or air conditioning.  Tenant shall keep corridor doors closed.
  • Landlord reserves the right to exclude from the building during non-business hours as defined by Landlord, any person unless that person has a building security system card and/or key issued by Landlord at Tenant’s written request.  Tenant shall be responsible for all persons for whom it requests cards and/or keys and shall be liable to Landlord for all acts of such persons. Landlord shall not be liable for damages for any error with regard to the admission to or exclusion from the building of any person.
  • Tenant shall close and lock the doors of its premises and entirely shut off all water faucets or other water apparatus, electricity, gas or air outlets before Tenant and its employees leave the premises.  Tenant shall be responsible for any damage or injuries sustained by other tenants or occupants of the building or by Landlord for noncompliance with this rule.          
  • The toilet rooms, toilets, urinals, wash bowls and other apparatus shall not be used for any purpose other than that for which they were constructed.  No foreign substance of any kind whatsoever shall be thrown therein, and the expense of any breakage, stoppage or damage resulting from the violation of this rule shall be borne by the Tenant who, or whose employees or invitees shall have caused it.
  • Tenant shall not install any radio or television antenna, loudspeaker or other device on the roof or exterior walls of the building.  Tenant shall not interfere with radio or television broadcasting or reception from or in the building or elsewhere.
  • Except as approved by Landlord, Tenant shall not mark, drive nails, screw or drill into partitions, woodwork or plaster or in any way deface the premises.  Tenant shall not cut or bore holes for wires.  Tenant shall not affix any floor covering to the floor of the premises in any manner except as approved by Landlord   Tenant shall repair any damage resulting from noncompliance with this rule.
  • Tenant shall not install, maintain or operate upon the premises any vending machines or video game machines.
  • Tenant shall store all its trash and garbage within its premises.  Tenant shall not place in any trash box or receptacle any material which cannot be disposed or in the ordinary and customary manner of trash and garbage disposal.  All garbage and refuse disposal shall be made in accordance with directions issued from time to time by Landlord.
  • No cooking shall be done or permitted by any Tenant in the premises, except the use of Underwriters’ Laboratory (www.ul.com) approved equipment for brewing coffee, tea, hot chocolate and similar beverages, provided that such equipment and use is in accordance with all applicable federal, state and city laws, codes, ordinances, rules and regulations.
  • Tenant shall not use in the building any hand trucks except those equipped with the rubber tires and side guards or such other material handling equipment as Landlord may approve.  Tenant shall not bring any other vehicles of any kind into the building.
  • Tenant shall not use the name of the building in connection with or in promoting or advertising the business of Tenant except as Tenant’s address, or in any way impair the building’s reputation.

RULES AND REGULATIONS - RETAIL TENANTS

  • Tenant shall pay on demand the cost of replacement of any glass doors or windows broken in or on the perimeter of the premises during the continuance of the Lease, unless Landlord, its employees or agents break the glass.
  • An authorized individual will attend to the requirements of Tenant only upon appropriate application to the office of the building.  Employees of Landlord shall not perform any work or do anything outside of their regular duties unless under instructions from Landlord.
  • Landlord may waive any one or more of these Rules and Regulations for the benefit of any particular tenant or tenants, but no such waiver by Landlord shall be construed as a waiver of such Rules and Regulations in favor of any other tenant or tenants, nor prevent Landlord from thereafter enforcing any such Rules and Regulations.
  • No animals, vehicles or bicycles shall be allowed in the building.
  • The use of oil, gas or inflammable liquids for heating, lighting or cleaning or any other purpose is expressly prohibited.  Explosive or other articles deemed hazardous shall not be brought into the building.
  • Canvassing, soliciting and peddling in or about the building are expressly prohibited.
  • Tenant shall not permit any portion of the premises to be used as an office for a public stenographer or typist, or as a barber or manicure shop, or as an employment bureau. Tenant shall not advertise for laborers giving an address at the building.
  • No space shall be used for lodging, manufacturing, storage of or sale of merchandise, goods or property of any kind or any other business that involves patronage from the general public.
  • For the benefit of all tenants, Landlord shall have the right to reasonably limit elevator use during peak use hours.
  • These Rules and Regulations are in addition 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.

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