General Rules & Regulations
- The walkways, roadways, driveways, entrances, lobbies, passages, and stairways shall not be obstructed by Tenant or used by Tenant for any purposes other than ingress and egress from and to the Building and Tenant's offices. The parking areas shall be used only for the parking of vehicles of Tenant, its agents, employees and invitees while actually present in the Premises. Landlord shall in all cases retain the right to control or prevent access to all of the aforesaid areas of all persons whose presence, in the judgment of Landlord, shall be prejudicial to the safety, peace, character, or reputation of the Building, the property located therein or of any of the tenants.
- The water and wash closets and other plumbing fixtures shall not be used for any purposes other than those for which they were constructed, and no sweepings, rubbish, rags or other substances (including, without limitation, coffee grounds) shall be thrown therein. All damages resulting from misuse of the fixtures shall be borne by Tenant if Tenant or its servants, employees, agents, visitors or licensees shall have caused the same.
- No cooking (except for hot-plate and microwave cooking by Tenants’ employees for their own consumption, the location and equipment of which is first approved by Landlord), sleeping or lodging shall be permitted by any tenant on the Premises. No tenant shall cause or permit any unusual or objectionable odors to be produced upon or permeate from the Premises.
- Nothing shall be placed by Tenant on the outside of the Building or on its windowsills or projections. Skylights, windows, doors and transoms shall not be covered or obstructed by Tenant, and no window shades, blinds, curtains, screens, storm windows, awnings or other materials shall be installed or placed on any of the windows or in any of the window spaces, except as approved in writing by Landlord.
- No signage, lettering, insignia, advertisement, notice, etc. shall be inscribed, painted, installed or placed on any windows or in any window spaces or any other part of the outside or inside of the Building, unless first approved in writing by Landlord. Names on or beside suite entrance doors shall be provided for Tenant by Landlord and not otherwise, and at Tenant's expense; in all instances, such names shall be of design and form first approved by Landlord.
- No additional locks shall be placed upon doors to or within the Premises except as shall be necessary adequately to safeguard United States Government security classified documents stored with the Premises. The doors leading to the corridors or main hall shall be kept closed during business hours, except as the same may be used for ingress or egress.
- Tenant shall maintain and clean all areas or rooms within the Premises in which security classified work is being conducted or in which such work is stored; Landlord shall not provide standard janitorial service to such areas, the provisions of Section 9 of this Lease notwithstanding.
- The delivery of water, food, beverages, newspapers and other supplies will be permitted only under the direction, control and supervision of Landlord.
- Bicycles, motor scooters or any other type of vehicle shall not be brought into the lobby or elevators of the Building or into the Premises except for those vehicles which are used by a physically disabled person in the Premises.
- Landlord reserves the right to shut down the air conditioning, electrical systems, heating, plumbing and/or elevators when necessary by reason of accident or emergency, or for repair, alterations, replacements or improvement.
- Tenant shall not do or commit, or suffer to be done or committed, any act or thing whereby, or in consequence whereof, the rights of other tenants will be obstructed or interfered with, or other tenants will in any other way be injured or annoyed, or whereby the Building will be damaged. Tenant shall not suffer or permit the Premises or any part thereof to be used in any manner or anything to be done therein or suffer or permit anything to be brought into or kept in the Premises which, in the judgment of Landlord, shall in any way impair or tend to impair the character, reputation or appearance of the Building as a first-class office building. No inflammable, combustible, or explosive fluid, material, chemical or substance shall be brought or kept upon, in or about the Premises. Fire protection devices, in and about the Building, shall not be obstructed or encumbered in any way.
- No birds, fish or other animals shall be brought into or kept in or about the Premises.
- Canvassing, soliciting and peddling in the Building are prohibited and each tenant shall cooperate to prevent the same.
- Tenant shall not construct, maintain, use or operate within said Premises or elsewhere in the Building or on the outside of the Building, any equipment or machinery which produces music, sound or noise which is audible beyond the Premises.
- In order that the Premises may be kept in a good state of preservation and cleanliness, Tenant shall during the continuance of its possession permit Landlord's employees and contractors and no one else to clean the Premises except as allowable in their Lease Agreement. Landlord shall in no way be responsible for any damage done to furniture or other effects of Tenant or others by any of Landlord's employees, or any other person, or for any loss of Tenant's employees, or for any loss of property of any kind in or from the Premises, however occurring. Tenant shall see each day that the lights are turned off, and the doors securely locked before leaving the Premises.
- If Tenant desires to introduce signaling, telegraphic, telephonic, protective alarm or other wires, cables, apparatus or devices, Landlord shall direct where and how the same are to be placed, and except as so directed, no installation, boring or cutting shall be permitted. Landlord shall have the right to prevent and to cut off the transmission of excessive or dangerous current of electricity or annoyances into or through the Building or Premises and to require the changing of wiring connections or layout at Tenant's expense, to the extent that Landlord may deem necessary, and further to require compliance with such reasonable rules as Landlord may establish relating thereto, and in the event of non-compliance with the requirements or rules, Landlord shall have the right immediately to cut wiring or to do what it considers necessary to remove the danger, annoyance or electrical interference with apparatus in any part of the Building. All wires and cables installed by Tenant must be clearly tagged at the distributing boards and junction boxes and elsewhere required by Landlord, with the number of the office to which said wires and cables lead, and the purpose for which the wires and cables respectively are used, together with the name of the concern, if any, operating same.
- A building directory on the ground floor may be provided by Landlord, on which the name of Tenant may be placed.
- No furniture, packages, equipment, supplies or merchandise of Tenant will be received in the Building, or carried up or down in the elevators or stairways, except during such hours as shall be designated by Landlord, and Landlord in all cases shall also have the exclusive right to prescribe the method and manner in which the same shall be brought in or taken out of the Building. Landlord shall in all cases have the right to exclude from the Building heavy furniture, safes and other articles which may be hazardous or to require them to be located at designated places in the Premises. The cost of repairing any damage to the Building caused by taking in or out furniture, safes or any articles or any damage caused while the same shall be in the Premises, shall be paid by Tenant.
- Without Landlord's written consent, nothing shall be fastened to, nor shall holes be drilled or nails or screws driven into walls or partitions; nor shall walls or partitions be painted, papered or otherwise covered or moved in any way or marked or broken; nor shall any connection be made to electric wires for running fans or motors or other apparatus, devices or equipment; nor shall machinery of any kind other than customary small business machines be allowed in the Premises; nor shall Tenant use any other method of heating, ventilating, air conditioning or air cooling than that provided by Landlord. Telephones, switchboards and telephone wiring and equipment shall be placed only where designated by Landlord. No mechanics shall be allowed to work in or about the Building other than those employed by Landlord without the written consent of Landlord first having been obtained.
- Landlord shall, in no case, be liable or responsible for the admission or exclusion of any person to or from the Building or access to the Premises. In case of invasion, hostile attack, insurrection, mob violence, riot, public excitement or other commotion, explosion, fire or any casualty, Landlord reserves the right to bar or limit access to the Building for the safety of occupants or protection of property.
- Landlord reserves the right to rescind, suspend or modify any rules or regulations and to make such other rules or regulations as, in Landlord's judgment, may from time to time be needful for the safety, care, maintenance, operation and cleanliness of the Building as a first class office building, or for the preservation of good order therein. Notice of any action by Landlord referred to in this paragraph, given to Tenant, shall have the same force and effect as if originally made a part of the foregoing Lease. New rules or regulations will not, however, be unreasonably inconsistent with the proper use and enjoyment of the Premises by Tenant under the Lease.
- The use of rooms as sleeping quarters is prohibited at all times.
- Landlord shall have the right to enter the Premises for leasing purposes during the twelve months previous to the expiration of the then current Term of this Lease or as specifically outlined in the Lease Agreement.
- No smoking of any kind shall be permitted on the Property except in the Premises or within enclosed automobiles or similar vehicles.
- Tenant shall not be permitted to install a "Wi-Fi" or other communication system which in any way extends beyond the Premises or effects any communication system utilized by Landlord or other tenants.
Landlord may waive any one or more of these Rules and Regulations for the benefit of any particular Building 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 Building tenant or tenants, nor prevent Landlord from thereafter enforcing any such Rules and Regulations against any or all of the tenants of the Building.
Landlord reserves the right to amend, modify and/or revoke any or all of these rules and regulations, and to add or make such other 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 for the preservation of good order therein.