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RULES & REGULATIONS
- The sidewalks, entrances, driveways, passages, courts, elevators, vestibules, stairways,
corridors or halls shall not be obstructed or encumbered by any Tenant or used for any
purpose other than for ingress to and egress from the Demised Premises and for
delivery of merchandise and equipment in a prompt and efficient manner using
elevators and passageways designated for such delivery by Landlord. There shall not be
used in any space, or in the public hall of the Building, either by any tenant or by jobbers
or others in the delivery or receipt of merchandise, any hand trucks except those
equipped with rubber tires and sideguards. - The water and wash closets and plumbing fixtures shall not be used for any purposes
other than those for which they were designed or constructed and no sweepings,
rubbish, rags, acids or other substances shall be deposited 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 clerks, agents, employees or visitors, shall have
caused it. - No carpet, rug or other article shall be hung or shaken out of any window of the
Building; and no tenant shall sweep or throw or permit to be swept or thrown from the
Demised Premises any dirt or other substances into any of the corridors or halls,
elevators, or out of the doors or windows or stairways of the Building and Tenant shall
not use, keep or permit to be used or kept any foul or noxious gas or substance in the
Demised Premises, or permit or suffer the Demised Premises to be occupied or used in a
manner offensive or objectionable to Landlord or other occupants of the Building by
reason of noise, odors, and/or vibrations or interfere in any way with other tenants or
those having business therein, nor shall any animals or birds be kept in or about the
Building. Smoking or carrying lighted cigars or cigarettes in the elevators of the Building
is prohibited. - No awnings or other projections shall be attached to the outside walls of the Building
without the prior written consent of Landlord. - No sign, advertisement, notice or other lettering shall be exhibited, inscribed, painted or
affixed by any tenant on any part of the outside of the Demised Premises or the
Building or on the inside of the Demised Premises if the same is visible from the outside
of the Demised Premises without the prior written consent of Landlord, except that the
name of Tenant may appear on the entrance door of the Demised Premises. In the
event of the violation of the foregoing by any tenant, Landlord may remove same
without any liability, and may charge the expense incurred by such removal to Tenant or
any other tenants violating this rule. Interior signs on doors and directory tablet shall be
inscribed, painted or affixed for each tenant by Landlord at the reasonable expense of
such tenant, and shall be of a size, color and style reasonably acceptable to Landlord. - No tenant shall mark, paint, drill into, or in any way deface any part of the Building other
than as part of approved Alterations in the Demised Premises or Decorative Changes,
except for nails, hooks or fixtures and other wall hangings and no boring, cutting or
stringing of wires shall be permitted, except with the prior written consent of Landlord,
and as Landlord may direct. No tenant shall lay linoleum, or other similar floor covering,
so that the same shall come in direct contact with the floor of the Demised Premises,
and, if linoleum or other similar floor covering is desired to be used as interlining of
builder’s deadening felt shall be first affixed to the floor, by a paste or other material,
soluble in water, the use of cement or other similar adhesive material being expressly
prohibited. - No additional locks or bolts of any kind shall be placed upon any of the doors or
windows by any tenant, nor shall any changes be made in existing locks or mechanism
thereof without the consent of Landlord, which consent shall not be unreasonably
withheld, conditioned or delayed. Each tenant must, upon the termination of his
tenancy, return to Landlord all keys of stores, offices and toilet rooms, either furnished
to, or otherwise procured by, such tenant, and in the event of the loss of any keys, so
furnished, such tenant shall pay to Landlord the cost thereof. - Landlord reserves the right to require all tenant move-ins and move-outs from the
Building to be performed between the hours of 6 P.M. and 8 A.M. on business days. - Freight, furniture, business equipment, merchandise and bulky matter of any
description shall be delivered to and removed from the Demised Premises only on the
freight elevators and through the service entrances and corridors, and only during hours
and in a manner reasonably approved by Landlord. Landlord reserves the right to
inspect all freight to be brought into the Building and to exclude from the Building all
freight which violates any of these Rules and Regulations. - Canvassing, soliciting and peddling in the Building is prohibited and each tenant shall
cooperate to prevent the same. - Access to the Demised Premises by Tenant’s employees or officers, or any invitees,
guests or contractors thereof shall be subject, in all instances, to Landlord’s reasonable
security procedures and requirements. Landlord reserves the right to exclude from the
Building, Demised Premises and/or elevators between the hours of 6 P.M. and 8 A.M. on
business days, and at all hours on Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays, all persons
who do not possess and present a valid Building identification card valid, pass or other
appropriate identification to the security personnel for the Building or comply with any
other requirements as may then be imposed by the applicable governmental
authorities. Each tenant shall be responsible for all persons for whom he requests a
pass and shall be liable to Landlord for all acts of such persons. Tenant shall not have a
claim against Landlord by reason of Landlord excluding from the Building any person
who does not present such pass or other identification or otherwise comply with such
requirements. - Tenant shall not bring or permit to be brought or kept in or on the Demised Premises,
any inflammable, combustible or explosive fluid, material, chemical or substance (other
than such material or substance, and only in such quantities as are customarily
maintained, for any ordinary cleaning or maintenance of the Demised Premises), or
cause or permit any odors of cooking or other processes, or any unusual or other
objectionable odors to permeate in or emanate from the Demised Premises. - Notwithstanding the foregoing, Tenant may keep in the Demised Premises ordinary
office supplies. - Tenant shall reasonably cooperate with Landlord in obtaining maximum effectiveness of
the cooling system by lowering and closing venetian blinds and/or drapes and curtains
when the sun’s rays fall directly on the windows of the Demised Premises. - If any safe, machinery, equipment, bulky matter or fixtures (other than office copiers
and computers, and office furniture) requires special handling, all work in connection
therewith shall comply with the Administrative Code of the City of New York and all
other laws and regulations applicable thereto and shall be done during such hours as
Landlord may reasonably designate. - Tenant covenants and agrees, at its sole cost and expense, to comply with all present
and future laws, orders, and regulations, of all state, federal, municipal, and local
governments, departments, commissions and boards regarding the internal office
collection, sorting, separation and recycling of waste products, garbage, refuse and
trash. Tenant shall sort and separate such waste products, garbage, refuse and trash
into such categories as provided by law. Each separately sorted category of waste
products, garbage, refuse and trash shall be placed in separate receptacles. Such
separate receptacles shall be removed from the Demised Premises in accordance with a
collection schedule prescribed by law. (2) Landlord’s Rights in Event of Noncompliance. - Landlord has the option to refuse to collect or accept from Tenant waste products,
garbage, refuse or trash (a) that is not separated and sorted as required by law or (b)
which consists of such items as Landlord may expressly designate for Tenant’s removal,
and to require Tenant to arrange for such collection at Tenant’s sole cost and expense.
No noise or other activity, including the playing of musical instruments, radio, television
or other sound reproduction system, which would, in Landlord’s reasonable judgment,
disturb other tenants in the Building, shall be made or permitted by Tenant, and no
cooking shall be done in the Demised Premises, except as expressly approved in writing
by Landlord except that Tenant shall be permitted to operate coffee machines, water
heating units, a dishwasher and a microwave or convection oven for the warming or
reheating of prepared foods for its employees and invitees. - All entrance doors in the Demised Premises shall be left locked by Tenant when the
Demised Premises are not in use. Entrance doors shall be kept closed at all times.
All locks affording access to the Demised Premises and to circulation within the Demised
Premises shall be conformed to Landlord’s master key system and shall be installed by
Landlord’s approved vendors. - The requirements of Tenant will be attended to only upon application to the Building
Management at their office in the Building or elsewhere. Building employees shall not
be requested by Tenant, and will not be permitted, to perform any work or services
specially for Tenant, unless expressly authorized to do so by the Building
superintendent. - Landlord reserves the right to rescind, alter, waive, expand or add any rule or regulation
at any time prescribed for the Building when, in its reasonable judgment, it deems it
necessary, desirable or proper for its best interests and for the best interests of the
tenants thereof, and no alteration or waiver of any rule or regulation in favor of one
tenant shall operate as an alteration or waiver in favor of any other tenant. Landlord
shall not be responsible to Tenant for the non-observance or violation by any other
tenant of any of the rules and regulations at any time prescribed for the Building.
If attendance of Landlord’s security personnel shall be required, as determined by
Landlord in its reasonable discretion, in connection with the use by Tenant of freight
elevators or other Building services or equipment, Tenant shall pay to Landlord on
demand, as additional rent, Landlord’s then established rate as a charge for such
Landlord’s security personnel. - Tenant shall not at any time store or keep any material, supplies, furniture, furnishings
or equipment of any kind in any machine room or in any mechanical or electrical
equipment room in the Building whether such room be within or outside the Demised
Premises. - In no event and under no circumstances shall hand trucks (other than rubber- wheeled
small hand trucks or mail carts used to transport interoffice mail or packages) be
brought into or used in any passenger elevators in the Building, it being understood that
all freight, furniture, business equipment and bulky matters of every description shall be
moved into and out of the Building and between floors therein only on the freight
elevator and otherwise in accordance with Rule 8 and the other Rules annexed to this
Lease. - In no event at any time or under any circumstances shall (i) any smoking be permitted in
the Building, whether or not on a routine, sporadic or one-time basis, by Tenant or any
employee, guest or invitee of Tenant, (ii) any dogs or other pets be permitted in the
Building, whether or not on a routine, sporadic or one-time basis, and whether or not
owned by Tenant or any employee, guest or invitee of Tenant, or (iii) any bicycles,
scooters, skateboards, rollerblades or other wheeled vehicles be permitted in the
Building, whether or not on a routine, sporadic or one-time basis, and whether or not
owned or used by Tenant or any employee, guest or invitee of Tenant, including
messengers, or (iv) affix or attach any signage, lettering or decorations to the exterior
windows of the Building. - Tenant shall not solicit, suffer, or permit other tenants or occupants of the Building to
use any network or other communications service, including, without limitation, any
wired or wireless Internet service that passes through, is transmitted through, or
emanates from the Demised Premises. Tenant agrees that Tenant’s communications
equipment and the communications equipment of Tenant’s service providers and
contractors located in or about the Demised Premises or installed in the Building to
service the Demised Premises including, without limitation, any antennas, switches, or
other equipment (collectively, “Tenant’s Communications Equipment”) shall be of a type
and, if applicable, a frequency that will not cause radio frequency, electromagnetic, or
other interference to any other party or any equipment of any other party including,
without limitation, Landlord, other tenants, or occupants of the Building or any other
party. In the event that any of Tenant’s Communications Equipment causes or is
reasonably believed to cause any such interference, upon receipt of notice from
Landlord of such interference, Tenant will take all steps necessary to correct and
eliminate the interference. If the interference is not eliminated within 24 hours (or a
shorter period if Landlord believes a shorter period to be appropriate) then, upon
request from Landlord, Tenant shall shut down the Tenant’s Communications
Equipment pending resolution of the interference, with the exception of intermittent
testing upon prior notice to and with the approval of Landlord. Tenant hereby
acknowledges that Landlord has granted and/or may grant lease rights, licenses, and
other rights to various other tenants and occupants of the Building and to
telecommunications service providers. - Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, in the event of any conflict
between the terms of these Rules and Regulations and the terms and conditions of the
Lease, the terms and conditions of the Lease shall control.
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