Tenant Handbook

Building Rules and Regulations

The following Building Rules and Regulations are meant to assist the tenant and Property Management Office in maintaining a quality Class “A” building.  These building rules and regulations are in no way meant to hinder the tenant in achieving the highest work standard that the tenant is used to and accepts in a Class “A” building environment.

• The sidewalks, entrances, passages, courts, elevators, vestibules, stairways, corridors or halls of the building shall not be obstructed or encumbered or used for any purpose other than ingress and egress to and from the premises demised to any tenant or occupant.
• No awnings or other projections shall be attached to the outside walls or windows of the building without the prior consent of Landlord.  No curtains, blinds, shades or screens shall be attached to or hung in, or used in any connection with, any window or door of the premises demised to any tenant or occupant, without the prior consent of Landlord.  Such awnings, projections, curtains, blinds, shades, screens or other fixtures must be of a quality, type, design and color, and attached in a manner, approved by Landlord.
• No sign, placard, picture, advertisement, object, name, notice or other lettering shall be exhibited, inscribed, displayed, painted, printed or affixed on or to any part of the outside or inside of the Building without the written consent of the Property Management Office. And the Property Management Office shall have the right to remove any such sign, placard, picture, advertisement, name or notice without notice to and at the expense of tenant.  All approved signs or lettering on doors to any common area shall be printed, painted, affixed or inscribed at the expense of tenant by the Property Management Office.  The tenant shall not place anything or allow anything to be placed near the glass of any window, door, partition or wall which may appear unsightly from outside the Leased Premises or which may change the exterior appearance of the windows of the Building; provided, however, that the Property Management Office shall furnish and install a Building standard window covering at all exterior windows. The tenant shall not, without prior written consent of the Property Management Office, sunscreen any window.  Interior signs on doors and directory tables, if any, shall be of a size, color and style approved by Landlord.
• The sidewalks, halls, passages, exits, entrances, elevators and stairways shall not be obstructed by any of the tenants or used by them for any purpose other than for ingress and egress from their respective Leased Premises.
• The sashes, sash doors, skylights, windows, and doors that reflect or admit light and air into the halls, passageways or other public places in the building shall not be covered or obstructed, nor shall any bottles, parcels, or other articles be placed on any windowsills. 
• No showcases or other articles shall be in front of or affixed to any part of the exterior of the building, or placed in the halls, corridors, vestibules, or other public parts of the building.
• The water and wash closets and other plumbing fixtures shall not be used for any purposes other than those for which they are constructed, and no sweepings, rubbish, rags or other substances shall be thrown therein.  No tenant shall bring or keep, or permit to be brought or kept, any flammable, combustible, explosive, or hazardous fluid, material, chemical or substance in or about the premises demised to such tenant.
• No tenant occupant shall mark, paint, drill into or in any way deface any part of the building or the premises demised to such tenant or occupant.  No boring, cutting, or stringing of wires shall be permitted, except with the prior consent of Landlord, and as Landlord may direct. No tenant or occupant shall install any resilient tile or similar flooring covering in the premises demised to such tenant or occupant except in a manner approved by Landlord.
• No bicycles, vehicles or animals of any kind shall be brought into or kept in or about the premises demised to any tenant. No cooking shall be done or permitted in the building by any tenant without the approval of the Landlord.  No tenant shall cause or permit any unusual or objectionable odors to emanate from the premises demised to such tenant.
• No space in the building shall be used for manufacturing, for the storage of merchandise, or for the sale of merchandise, goods or property of any kind at auction, without the prior consent of Landlord.
• No tenant shall make, or permit to be made, any unseemly or disturbing noises or disturb or interfere with other tenants or occupants of the building or neighboring buildings or premises whether using any musical instrument, radio, television set or other audio device, unmusical noise, whistling, singing, or any other way. Nothing shall be thrown out of any doors or windows.
• No additional locks or bolts of any kind shall be placed upon any of the doors or windows, nor shall any changes be made in locks or the mechanism thereof.  Each tenant must, upon the termination of its tenancy, restore to Landlord all keys of stores, offices and toilet rooms, either furnished or otherwise procured by such tenant.
• All removals from the building, or the carrying in and out of the building or the premises demised to any tenant, of any safes, freight, furniture or bulky matter of any description must take place at such time and in such manner as Landlord or its agents may determine, from time to time.  Landlord reserves the right to inspect all freight to be brought into the building and to excluded from the building all freight which violates any of the rules and regulations or the provisions of such tenant’s lease.
• No tenant shall use or occupy, or permit any portion of the premises demised to such tenant to be used or occupied, as an office for public stenographer or typist, or to a barber or manicure shop, or as an employment bureau.  No tenant or occupant shall engage or pay any employees in the building, except those working for such tenant or occupant in the building, nor advertise for laborers giving an address at the building.
• No vending machines of any description shall be installed, maintained or operated upon the premises demised to any tenant without the prior consent of Landlord.
• Landlord shall have the right to prohibit any advertising by any tenant or occupant which, in Landlord’s opinion, tends to impair the reputation of the building or its desirability as a building for offices, and upon notice from Landlord, such tenant or occupant shall refrain from or discontinue such advertising.
• Landlord reserves the right to exclude from the building, between the hours of 6:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. on business days and at all hours on Saturdays, Sundays and holidays, all persons who do not present a building access card to the building signed out by Landlord.  Landlord will furnish building access cards to persons for whom any tenant requests.  Each tenant shall be responsible for all persons for whom it requests such cards and shall be liable to Landlord for all acts of such persons.
• Each tenant, before closing and leaving the premises demised to such tenant at any time, shall see that all entrance doors are locked and all windows are closed. Corridor doors, when not in use, shall be kept closed.
• Premises shall not be used for lodging or for any immoral or illegal purposes.
• The requirements of tenants will be attended to only upon application at the office of Landlord.  Building employees shall not be required to perform, and shall not be requested by any tenant or occupant to perform, any work outside of their regular duties, unless under specific instructions from the office of Landlord.
• Canvassing, soliciting and peddling in the building are prohibited and each tenant and occupant shall cooperate in seeking their prevention.
• There shall not be used in the building, either by tenant or occupant or y their agents or contractors, in the delivery or receipt of merchandise, freight, or other matter, any hand trucks or other means of conveyance except those equipped with rubber tires, rubber side guards and such other safeguards as Landlord may require.
• No tenant shall clean any window in the building from the outside.
• No tenant shall move, or permit to be moved, into or out of the building or the premises demised to such tenant, any heavy or bulky matter without the specific approval of Landlord.  If any such matter requires special handling.  No tenant shall place, or permit to be placed, on a part of the floor or floors of the premises demised to such tenant, a load exceeding the floor load per square foot, which such floor was designed to carry, and which is allowed by law.  Landlord reserves the right to prescribe the weight and position of safes and other heavy items, which must be placed, to distribute the weight.
• Landlord shall provide and maintain an alphabetical Directory Board in the first floor (main lobby) of the building and no other directory shall be permitted without the prior consent of Landlord. Each tenant shall be allowed one line on such board unless otherwise agreed to in writing.
• With respect to work being performed by a tenant in its premises with the approval of Landlord, the tenant shall refer all contractors, contractors’ representatives and installation technicians to Landlord for its supervision, approval and control prior or the performance of any work or services.  This provision shall apply to all work performed in the building including installation of telephones, telegraph equipment, electrical devices and attachments, and installations of every nature affecting floors, walls, woodwork, trim, ceilings, equipment, and any other physical portion of the building.
• Landlord shall not be responsible for lost or stolen personal property, equipment, money or jewelry from the premises of tenants or public rooms if such loss occurs when the building or the premises are locked against entry.
• Landlord will not permit entrance to the premises of tenant by use of pass keys controlled by Landlord, to any person at any time without written permission from such tenant, except employees, contractors, or service personnel directly supervised by Landlord and employees of the United States Postal Service.
• Each tenant and all of tenant’s employees and invitees shall observe and comply with the driving and parking signs and markers on the land surrounding the building, and Landlord shall not be responsible for any damage to any vehicle towed/booted because of noncompliance with parking regulations. Piggybacking will damage the gates.
• Without Landlord’s prior approval, no tenant shall install any radio or television antenna, loudspeaker, music system or other device on the roof or exterior walls of the building or on common walls with adjacent tenants.
• Each tenant shall store all trash and garbage within its premises or in such other areas specifically designated by Landlord.  No material shall be placed in the trash boxes or receptacles in the building unless such materials may be disposed of in the ordinary and customary manner of removing and disposing of trash and garbage and will not result in a violation of any law or ordinance governing such disposal.  All garbage and refuse disposal shall be disposed of only through entryways and elevators provided for such purposes, and at such time as Landlord shall designate.
• No tenant shall employ any persons other than the janitor of Landlord for the purpose of cleaning its premises without the prior consent of Landlord.  No tenant shall cause any unnecessary labor due to its carelessness or indifference in the preservation of good order and cleanliness.  Janitor service shall include ordinary dusting and cleaning by the janitor assigned to such work and shall not include beating of carpets or rugs or moving furniture or other special services. Janitor services shall be furnished Mondays through Fridays, legal holidays exempted.  Janitor services will not be furnished to areas that are occupied after 9:30 p.m.  Window cleaning shall be done only by Landlord, and only between 6:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.
• The use of candles, open flames and open flame devices, including without limitation the burning of incense, are strictly forbidden inside the building except for approved non-refillable heating devices used by a tenant’s caterers to temporarily warm food.  The supervised use of such food warming devices must be compliant with all codes, laws, rules and regulations of governmental agencies and authorities.
• The use of portable heaters is strictly forbidden inside any building.  A tenant shall not use any heating devices within its premises, and shall rely exclusively on the building HVAC system serving its premises to heat its premises.

The Property Management Office reserves the right to rescind any of these rules and regulations and to make such other and further reasonable rules and regulations as in its judgment shall from time to time be needed for the safety, protection, care, management, maintenance, repair, or cleanliness of the Building, the operation thereof, the preservation of good order therein and the protection and comfort of the tenants and other occupants and their respective related parties, provided that the same will not unreasonably interfere with tenant’s use of the Leased Premises or materially increase tenant’s obligations under this Lease, and provided that the Property Management Office provides tenant with written notice of any such change or otherwise posts or disseminates the same appropriately at the Building, which rules and regulations, when made and written notice thereof is given to a tenant or other occupant shall be binding upon them in like manner as if originally herein prescribed and shall automatically become a part of this Lease for all purposes.

• Tenant shall direct and require that tenant and tenant’s Permittees fully comply with the rules and regulations of the Building.
• The Property Management Office shall have the right to grant reasonable variances of the rules and regulations, and shall not be required to enforce the rules and regulations if they are violated by other tenants; provided, however, that Property Management Office will not arbitrarily and capriciously enforce these rules and regulations against Tenant.

In the event of any conflict between the foregoing Rules and Regulations, and any provision of the body of this Lease, then the provisions of the body of the Tenants Lease shall prevail and control.