Building Rules & Regulations

The following rules and regulations have been developed for the safety and comfort of all Tenants at The Offices at Energy Tower:

1. The sidewalks, walks, plaza entries, corridors, concourses, ramps, staircases, and elevators of the Property shall not be obstructed or used by Tenant, or the employees, agents, servants, visitors or licensees of Tenant for any purpose other than ingress and egress to and from the Premises. No bicycle or motorcycle shall be brought into the Building or kept on the Premises without the prior written consent of Landlord.
2. No freight, furniture or bulky matter of any description will be received into the Property or carried into the elevators except in such a manner, during such hours and using such elevators and passageways as may be approved by Landlord, and then only upon having been scheduled in advance. Any hand trucks, carryalls, or similar equipment used for the delivery or receipt of merchandise or equipment shall be equipped with rubber tires, side guards and such other safeguards as Landlord shall require.
3. Landlord shall have the right to prescribe the weight, position and manner of installation of safes or other heavy equipment which shall, if considered necessary by Landlord, be installed in a manner which shall insure satisfactory weight distribution. All damage done to the Property by reason of a safe or any other article of Tenant's office equipment being on the Premises shall be repaired at the expense of Tenant. The time, routing and manner of moving safes or other heavy equipment shall be subject to prior approval by Landlord.
4. Only persons authorized by Landlord will be permitted to furnish newspapers, ice, drinking water, towels, barbering, shoe shining, janitorial services, floor polishing and other similar services and concessions to Tenant, and only at hours and under regulations fixed by Landlord.
5. Tenant, or the employees, agents, servants, visitors or licensees of Tenant shall not at any time leave, place or discard any rubbish, paper, articles or objects of any kind whatsoever outside the doors of the Premises or in the corridors, stairways or passageways of the Property.
6. Landlord shall have the right to prohibit any advertising by Tenant which includes the picture, name or address of the Property and which, in Landlord's opinion, tends to impair the reputation of the Property or its desirability for offices, and, upon written notice from Landlord, Tenant will refrain from or discontinue such advertising.
7. Tenant shall not place, or cause or allow to be placed, any sign, placard, picture, advertisement, notice or lettering whatsoever, in, about or on the exterior of the Premises, Building or Property except in and at such places as may be designated by Landlord and consented to by Landlord in writing. Any such sign, placard, advertisement, picture, notice or lettering so placed may be removed by Landlord without notice to and at the expense of Tenant. All lettering and graphics on corridor doors shall conform to the Building’s standard prescribed by Landlord. No trademark shall be displayed in any event.
8. Canvassing, soliciting or peddling in the Building and/or Property is prohibited, and Tenant shall cooperate to prevent same.
9. Landlord shall have the right to exclude any person from the Property other than during customary business hours as set forth in the Lease, and any person in the Property will be subject to identification by employees and agents of Landlord. All persons in or entering the Property shall be required to comply with the security policies of the Property. If Tenant desires any additional security service for the Premises, Tenant shall have the right (with the advance written consent of Landlord) to obtain such additional service at Tenant's sole cost and expense. Tenant shall keep doors to unattended areas locked and shall otherwise exercise reasonable precautions to protect property from theft, loss or damage. Landlord shall not be responsible for the theft, loss or damage of any property or for any error with regard to the exclusion from or admission to the Property of any person. In case of invasion, mob, riot or public excitement, Landlord reserves the right to prevent access to the Property during the continuance of same by closing the doors or taking other measures for the safety of the tenants and protection of the Property and property or persons therein.
10. Only workmen employed, designated or approved by Landlord may be employed for repairs, installations, alterations, painting, material, moving and other similar work that may be done in or on the Premises. Tenant will refer all constructor’s, contractor's representatives and installation technicians rendering any service on or to the Premises for Tenant to Landlord for Landlord's approval and supervision before performance of any contractual service. This provision shall apply to all work performed in the Building including installation of telephones, electrical devices and attachments and installations of any nature affecting floors, walls, woodwork, trim, windows, ceilings equipment or any other physical portion of the Building.
11. Tenant shall not do any cooking (other than warming in a microwave oven) or conduct any restaurant, luncheonette, automat or cafeteria for the sale or service of food or beverages to its employees or to others, nor permit the delivery of any food or beverage to the Premises, except by such persons delivering the same as shall be approved by Landlord and only under regulations fixed by Landlord. Tenant may, however, operate a coffee bar by and for its employees.
12. Tenant shall not bring or permit to be brought or kept in or on the Premises or the Property any inflammable, combustible, corrosive, caustic, poisonous, or explosive substance, or cause or permit any odors to permeate in or emanate from the Premises, or permit or suffer the Premises to be occupied or used in a manner offensive or objectionable to Landlord or other occupants of the Property by reason of light, radiation, magnetism, noise, odors and/or vibrations, or interfere in any way with other tenants or those having business in the Property.
13. Except for the installation of pictures and standard office equipment and decoration within the Premises, Tenant shall not mark, paint, drill into, or in any way deface any part of the Property or the Premises. No boring, driving of nails or screws, cutting or stringing of wires shall be permitted, except as otherwise provided herein or with the prior written consent of Landlord, and as Landlord may direct. Tenant shall not install any resilient tile or similar floor covering in the Premises except with the prior approval of Landlord. The use of cement or other similar adhesive material is expressly prohibited.
14. No additional locks or bolts of any kind shall be placed on any door in the Property or the Premises and no lock on any door therein shall be changed or altered in any respect Landlord shall furnish two keys for each lock on exterior doors to the Premises and shall, at Tenant's request and at Tenant's expense, provide additional duplicate keys. Tenant shall not make duplicate keys. All keys shall be returned to Landlord upon the termination of this Lease, and Tenant shall give to Landlord explanations of the combinations of all safes, vaults and combination locks remaining with the Premises. Landlord may at all times keep a pass key to the Premises. All entrance doors to the Premises shall be left closed at all times and left locked when the Premises are not in use. Landlord agrees to furnish to Tenant, at Landlord's expense, two (2) Cardkeys for access to the Building during such times as the Building is not open to the public. Upon written request from Tenant, or other parties authorized by Tenant, Landlord will furnish additional Cardkeys to Tenant at Tenant's expense. Should any Cardkeys be lost or stolen, Tenant will immediately notify Landlord arid Landlord will issue replacement Cardkeys with a different computer code number. Such replacement Cardkeys will be at Tenant's expense.
15. Tenant shall give immediate notice to Landlord in ease of theft, unauthorized solicitation or accident in the Premises or in the Property or of defects therein or in any fixtures or equipment, or of any known emergency in the Property.
16. Tenant shall not use the Premises or permit the Premises to be used for photographic, multilith or multigraph reproductions, except in connection with its own business and not as a service for others without Landlord's prior permission.
17. Tenant shall not use or permit any portion of the Premises to be used as an office for a public stenographer or typist, offset printing, the sale of liquor or tobacco, a barber or manicure shop, an employment bureau, a labor union office, a doctor's or dentist's office, a dance or music studio, any type of school, or for any use other than those specifically granted in this Lease.
18. Tenant shall not advertise for laborers giving the Premises as an address, nor pay such laborers at a location on the Property.
19. The requirements of Tenant will be attended to only after notice to Landlord at the Building or at such other address as may be designated by Landlord in the Lease. Employees of Landlord shall not perform any work or do anything outside of their regular duties, unless under special instructions from the office of Landlord.
20. Tenant shall not place a load upon any floor of the Premises which exceeds the load per square foot which such floor was designed to carry and which is allowed by law. Business machines and mechanical and electrical equipment belonging to Tenant which cause noise, vibration, electrical or magnetic interference, or any other nuisance that may be transmitted to the structure or other portions of the Property or to the Premises to such a degree as to be objectionable to Landlord or which interfere with the use or enjoyment by other tenants of their premises or the public portions of the Property shall be placed and maintained by Tenant, at Tenant's expense in settings of cork, rubber, spring type, or other vibration eliminators sufficient to eliminate noise or vibration.
21. No awning, draperies, shutters or other interior or exterior window coverings that are visible from the exterior of the Building or from the exterior of the Premises within the Building may be installed by Tenant.
22. Tenant shall not place, install or operate within the Premises or any other part of the Property any engine, stove, or machinery, or conduct mechanical operations therein, without the written consent of Landlord.
23. No portion of the Premises or any part of the Property shall at any time be used or occupied as sleeping or lodging quarters.
24. Tenant shall at all times keep the Premises neat and orderly.
25. The toilet rooms, 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 borne by the tenant who or whose employees or invitees shall have caused it.
26. Landlord reserves the right to exclude or expel from the Property any person who, in the judgment of Landlord, is intoxicated or under the influence of liquor or drugs, or who shall in any manner do any act in violation of any of the Rules and Regulations of the Property.
27. Tenant shall use no other method of heating or cooling than that supplied by Landlord.
28. Tenant and its agents, employees and invitees shall observe and comply with the driving and parking signs and markers on the Property grounds and surrounding areas.
29. Except for Seeing Eye or hearing ear dogs, no animals, birds or fish shall be brought to or kept in or about the Property.
30. Smoking of any kind (cigarette, pipe, etc.) is strictly prohibited within the Premises, Building, Common Areas (to include, but not limited to, lobbies, corridors, restrooms, elevators, stairwells, and the Garage) and any other areas not specifically designated as a Smoking Area by Landlord. Tenant hereby agrees that violation of this smoking prohibition by Tenant, Tenant's employees, agents, visitors or invitees (individually and collectively, "Tenant Party") shall be subject to a fine in the amount of One Hundred and No/100 Dollars ($100.00.) for the first violation by a Tenant Party and Two Hundred Fifty and No/100 Dollars ($250.00) for each subsequent violation by a Tenant Party, whether or not the violation involves the same Tenant Party or a different Tenant Party. Repeated violations of this rule shall, at Landlord's discretion, constitute a default under this Lease. Designated smoking area can be found on east side of Level 4 in the parking garage only.
31. Landlord shall have the right to install such devices within the Premises and elsewhere in the Building and on the Property as Landlord deems advisable to decrease consumption of utilities and waste on the Property, and Tenant shall cooperate with Landlord in the installation and use thereof. Landlord may establish such recycling programs as it deems advisable in its sole discretion and guidelines for the same. Landlord may forbid or restrict the use of certain supplies by Tenant if alternatives are readily available at a comparable cost which are more readily recyclable or otherwise reduce the carbon footprint of the Property. Tenant shall ensure that all occupants of the Premises diligently observe the recycling program and the guidelines for the same as well as reasonable restrictions on the use of certain supplies. Landlord reserves the right to impose penalties on Tenant for the repeated failure of any occupant of the Premises to participate in the recycling program and observe the guidelines for the same or the repeated use of restricted supplies.
32. The carrying of firearms of any kind in any leased premises, the Building in which such premises are situated, any related garage or any related complex of buildings of which the foregoing are a part, or any sidewalks, drives or other common areas related to any of the foregoing, is prohibited except in the case of unconcealed firearms carried by licensed security personnel hired or contracted for by tenants for security of their premises as permitted by such tenants' leases or otherwise consented to by Landlord in writing.

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