Building Rules and Regulations
- Sidewalks, halls, passages, exits, entrances, elevators and stairways shall not be obstructed by tenants or used by them for any purpose other than for ingress to and egress from their respective premises. The halls, passages, exits, entrances, elevators and stairways are not for the use of the general public and Landlord shall in all cases retain the right to control and prevent access thereto by 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.
- No sign, placard, picture, name, advertisement or notice, visible from the exterior of leased premises shall be inscribed, painted, affixed or otherwise displayed by any tenant either on its premises or any part of the Building without the prior written consent of Landlord, and Landlord shall have the right to remove any such sign, placard, picture, name, advertisement or notice without notice to and at the expense of the tenant.
If Landlord shall have given such consent to any tenant at any time, whether before or after the execution of the Lease, such consent shall in no way operate as a waiver or release of any of the provisions hereof or of such Lease, and shall be deemed to relate only to the particular sign, placard, picture, name, advertisement or notice so consented to by Landlord and shall not be construed as dispensing with the necessity of obtaining the specific written consent of Landlord with respect to any other such sign, placard, picture, name, advertisement or notice.
No signs will be permitted on any entry door unless the door is glass. All glass door signs must be approved by Landlord. Signs or lettering shall be printed, painted, affixed or inscribed at the expense of the tenant by a person approved by Landlord.
- The Lobby Directories 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 there from. Landlord reserves the right to restrict the amount of directory space utilized by Tenant and to charge for names associated with Tenant to be placed thereon at rates applicable to all tenants, and to charge for changes or substitutions thereto.
- No curtains, draperies, blinds, shutters, shades, screens or other coverings, hangings or decorations shall be attached to, hung or placed in, or used in connection with, any window on any premises without the prior written consent of Landlord. In any event, with the prior written consent of Landlord, all such items shall be installed inside of Landlord's standard draperies and shall in no way be visible from the exterior of the Building. No articles shall be placed or kept on the window sills so as to be visible from the exterior of the Building.
- Landlord reserves the right to exclude from the Building between the hours of 5 pm and 7 am and at all hours on Saturdays, Sundays and holidays all persons who do not present a pass to the Building signed by Landlord. Landlord will furnish passes to persons for whom any tenant requests the same in writing. Each tenant shall be responsible for all persons for whom it requests passes and shall be liable to Landlord for all acts of such persons.
Landlord shall in no case be liable for damages for any error with regard to the admission to or exclusion from the Building of any person.
During any invasion, mob, riot, public excitement or other circumstance rendering such action advisable in Landlord's opinion, Landlord reserves the right to prevent access to the Building by closing the doors, or otherwise, for the safety of tenants and protection of the Building and property in the Building.
- No tenant shall employ any person or persons other than the janitor of Landlord for the purpose of cleaning the premises unless otherwise agreed to by Landlord in writing. Except with the written consent of Landlord, no person or persons other than those approved by Landlord shall be permitted to enter the Building for the purpose of cleaning the same. No tenant shall cause any unnecessary labor by reason of such tenant's carelessness or indifference in the preservation of good order and cleanliness. Landlord shall in no way be responsible to any tenant for any loss of property on the premises however occurring, or for any damage done to the property of any tenant by the janitor or any other employee or any other person. Janitorial service shall include ordinary dusting and cleaning by the janitor assigned to such work and shall not include beating or cleaning of carpets or rugs or moving of furniture or other special services. Janitorial service will not be furnished on nights when rooms are occupied after 9:30 pm. Window cleaning shall be done only by Landlord, and at such intervals and such hours as Landlord shall deem appropriate.
- No tenant shall obtain for use upon its premises ice, drinking water, food, beverage, towel or other similar services, or accept barbering or bootblacking services in its premises, except from persons authorized by Landlord, and at hours and under regulations fixed by Landlord. No vending or food beverage dispensing machine or machine of any description shall be installed, maintained, or operated upon the Premises or in the Building without Landlord's prior written permission.
- Each tenant shall see that the doors of its premises are closed and securely locked and must observe strict care and caution that all water faucets or water apparatus are entirely shut off before the tenant or its employees leave such premises, and that all utilities shall likewise be carefully shut off, so as to prevent waste or damage, and for any default or carelessness the Tenant shall make good all injuries sustained by other tenants or occupants of the Building or Landlord. On multiple-tenancy floor all tenants shall keep the door or doors to the Building corridors closed at all times except for ingress and egress.
- No tenant shall alter any lock or install a new or additional lock or any bolt on any door of its premises without the prior written consent of Landlord. If Landlord shall give its consent, the tenant shall in each case furnish Landlord with a key for any such lock.
- Landlord may make a reasonable charge for keys. Tenant shall not have any such keys copied or any keys made. Each tenant, upon the termination of the tenancy, shall deliver to Landlord all the keys and access cards of or to the Building, offices, rooms and toilet rooms which shall have been furnished to the Tenant or which the Tenant shall have had made.
- 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 and 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 born by the tenant who, or whose employees or invitees shall have caused it.
- The doors, windows, light fixtures and any lights or skylights that reflect or admit light into the halls or other places of the Building shall not be covered or obstructed.
- No tenant shall use or keep in its premises or the Building any kerosene, gasoline or inflammable or combustible fluid or material or use any method of heating or air conditioning other than that supplied by Landlord.
- No tenant shall use, keep or permit to be used or kept in its premises any foul or noxious gas or substance or permit or suffer such 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 brought or kept in or about any premises or the Building.
- No cooking shall be done or permitted by any tenant on its premises, except that the preparation of coffee, tea, hot chocolate and similar items for tenants and their employees shall be permitted, except in an area built specifically for such use; nor shall such premises be used for lodging.
- Except with the prior written consent of landlord, no tenant shall sell, or permit the sale, at retail of newspapers, magazines, periodicals, theater tickets or any other goods or merchandise in or on any premises, nor shall any tenant carry on, or permit or allow any employee or other person to carry on, the business of stenography, typewriting or any similar business in or from any premises for the service or accommodation of occupants of any other portion of the Complex, nor shall the premises of any tenant be used for the storage of merchandise or for the manufacturing of any kind, or the business of a public barber shop, beauty parlor, or any business or activity other than that specifically provided for in such tenant's lease.
- Landlord will direct electricians as to where and how telephone, telegraph and electrical wires are to be introduced or installed. No boring or cutting for wires will be allowed without the prior written consent of Landlord. The location of telephones, call boxes and other office equipment affixed to all premises shall be subject to the written approval of Landlord. All electrical appliances must be grounded and must meet UL Label Standards. Tenant shall pay all expenses incurred in connection with the installation and removal of its equipment, including any telephone, telegraph, data and electricity distribution equipment.
- No tenant shall install any radio or television antenna, loudspeaker or any other device on the exterior walls of the Building or the Complex, nor shall any tenant operate any similar device in the Building in such manner as to disturb or annoy other tenants of the Building or the neighborhood.
- No tenant shall lay linoleum, tile, carpet or any other floor covering so that the same shall be affixed to the floor of its premises in any manner except as approved in writing by Landlord. The expense of repairing any damage resulting from a violation of this rule or the removal of any floor covering shall be borne by the tenant by whom, or by whose contractors, employees or invitees, the damage shall have been caused.
- No furniture, freight, equipment, packages or merchandise will be received in the Building or carried up or down the elevators, except between the hours of 6:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m. or all day Saturday and Sunday, through such entrances and in such elevators as shall be designated by Landlord. Landlord reserves the right to require that moves be scheduled and carried out during non-business hours of the Building. Landlord shall have the right to prescribe the weight, size and position of all safes and other heavy equipment brought into the Building. Safes or other heavy objects shall, if considered necessary by Landlord, stand on wood strips of such thickness as is necessary to properly distribute the weight thereof. Landlord will not be responsible for loss of or damage to any such safe or property from any cause, and all damage done to the Building by moving or maintaining any such safe or other property shall be repaired at the expense of the Tenant.
- No tenant shall overload the floor of its premises or mark, or drive nails, screw or drill into, the partitions, woodwork or plaster or in any way deface such premises or any part thereof.
- There shall not be used in any space, or in the public areas of the Building, either by any tenant or others, any hand trucks except those equipped with rubber tires and side guards. No other vehicles of any kind shall be brought by any tenant into or kept in or about any premises in the Building.
- Each tenant shall store all its trash and garbage within the interior of its premises. No material shall be placed in the trash boxes or receptacles if such material is of such nature that it may not be disposed of in the ordinary and customary manner of removing and disposing of trash and garbage in the city of San Francisco without violation of any law or ordinance governing such disposal. All trash, garbage and refuse disposal shall be made only through entryways and elevators provided for such purposes and at such times as Landlord shall designate.
- Canvassing, soliciting, distribution of handbills and other written materials and peddling in the Building are prohibited and each tenant shall cooperate to prevent the same.
- No bicycle or other vehicle shall be brought into the offices, halls, corridors, elevators or any other part of the Building by Tenant or the agents, employees or invitees of Tenant. Employees may request use of the bicycle cage in the garage by submitting a request to the property management office for their card key to be activated to operate the gate.
- Tenant shall give Landlord prompt notice of any accidents to or defects in the Building, including, but not limited to, water pipes, gas pipes, electric lights and fixtures, heating apparatus or any other service equipment.
- Landlord, in order to comply with the requirements of California Assembly Bill Number 13 of 1994, has designated the Building a "No Smoking" building, which prohibits smoking in the tenants' premises and all common areas. In addition, to comply with the LEED certification requirements for our building smoking is prohibited within 25 feet of all entries to the building or within 25 feet of any outdoor air intakes, operable windows and outdoor business spaces. We have designated an area on the east side of the building on the striped sidewalk where the employees may smoke.
- Tenant shall abide by all energy conservation measures employed by Landlord, including but not limited to requirements that lights be extinguished upon leaving the Premises and that draperies be closed at times specified by Landlord.
- Landlord shall have the right, exercisable without notice and without liability to any tenant, to change the name and address of the Building.
- The requirements of tenants will be attended to only upon application at the office of the Building. Employees of Landlord shall not perform any work or do anything outside of their regular duties unless under special instructions from Landlord, and no employee will admit any person (tenant or otherwise) to any office without specific instructions from Landlord.
- Landlord shall have the right to prohibit any advertising by any tenant which, in Landlord's opinion, tends to impair the reputation of the Building or its desirability as a building for offices, and upon written notice from Landlord, Tenant shall refrain from or discontinue such advertising.
- Tenant shall be liable to Landlord and to each other tenant of the Building for any loss, cost, expense, damage or liability, including attorneys' fees, caused or occasioned by the failure of Tenant to comply with these rules, but Landlord shall have no liability for failure or for failing or being unable to enforce compliance therewith by any tenant and such failure by Landlord or non-compliance by any other tenant shall not be a ground for termination by Tenant of the Lease to which these rules and regulations are attached.
- 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 against any or all tenants of the Building.
- These Rules and Regulations may be changed from time to time, as Landlord may deem appropriate, and are in addition to, and shall not be construed to in any way modify, alter or amend, in whole or in part, the terms, covenants and conditions of the Lease.
- Dog policy for companies that allow dogs in the office:
- Dogs (referred to herein collectively as the “Approved Dogs”) shall be permitted in the Premises and at the Project, provided and on condition that:
- Tenant shall comply with all protocols established by Landlord for having Approved Dogs on the Real Property which include, but are not limited to, using a freight elevator to transport Approved Dogs to the upper floors of the Building and having the person bringing the Approved Dog onto the Real Property sign a commercially reasonable indemnification agreement at the security desk on the occasion of each visit.
- Tenant may not walk or carry the Approved Dog up or down the stairs.
- Tenant must ask the other freight elevator passengers if they mind riding with the Approved Dog, before entering the elevator.
- The Approved Dogs shall be strictly controlled at all times and shall not be permitted to foul, damage or otherwise mar any part of the Project (including the Premises) or cause excessively loud noise outside of the Premises whether through barking, growling or otherwise;
- No more than one Approved Dog, per tenant, is allowed in the building per day;
- the Approved Dogs shall not be left unattended in the Premises;
- while outside the Premises (i.e., in any Common Areas), the Approved Dogs shall be kept on leashes at all times;
- the Approved Dogs must have all required vaccinations and such vaccinations shall be kept current at all times. Upon Landlord's reasonable request from time to time, Tenant shall provide Landlord with evidence of all current vaccinations for the Approved Dogs;
- Tenant shall be responsible for any additional cleaning, repair and replacement costs and all other costs which may arise from the Approved Dogs’ presence in the Project in excess of the costs that would have been incurred had the Approved Dogs not been allowed in or around the Project;
- Tenant shall be liable for, and hereby agrees to indemnify and hold the Landlord Parties harmless from any and all claims arising from any and all acts (including but not limited to biting and causing bodily injury to, or damage to the property of, another tenant, or occupant) of, or the presence of, the Approved Dogs in or about the Premises, the Building. In the event that any Approved Dog bites or otherwise injures any person or any other Approved Dog, Tenant must immediately cause the employee whose dog caused the injury to remove its Approved Dog from the Project and in no event thereafter shall the Approved Dog which caused the injury be brought to or kept at the Premises;
- Tenant shall immediately remove any dog waste including, without limitation, excrement from the Premises and the Building. If Landlord reasonably determines that Landlord has incurred or is incurring increased janitorial (interior or exterior) maintenance costs as a result of the Approved Dogs’ presence, Landlord shall give Tenant written notice thereof, and if the matters giving rise to such increased costs are not remedied within thirty (30) days after such notice to Tenant, Tenant shall reimburse Landlord for such costs as Additional Rent within thirty (30) days after receipt of Landlord’s invoice therefore and reasonable evidence of such costs;
- The Approved Dogs shall be appropriately treated to prevent fleas, ticks and other parasites. If Tenant has reason to believe that one or more of the Approved Dogs is infested with fleas, ticks or other parasites, such Approved Dog(s) shall not be brought into the Premises until it is no longer infested with fleas, ticks or other parasites;
- Tenant shall be responsible for, and indemnify, defend, protect and hold the Landlord Parties harmless from and against any and all costs to remedy any and all damages caused to the Building, the Project or any portion thereof or to the premises or sub premises or property of any occupant or visitor to the Building by an Approved Dog; and
- Tenant shall comply with all Applicable Laws associated with or governing the presence of a dog within the Premises and/or the Building and such presence shall not violate the certificate of occupancy.
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