1. No tenant shall obstruct or encumber or use for any purpose (other than ingress and egress to and from its premises) the common areas, sidewalks, driveways, entrances, passages, courts, lobbies, esplanade areas, atrium, plazas, elevators, escalators, stairways, corridors, halls and other public portions of the building ("Public Areas"), and no tenant shall permit any of its employees, agents, licensees or invitees to congregate or loiter in any of the Public Areas. No tenant shall invite to, or permit to visit, its premises persons in such numbers or under such conditions as may interfere with the use and enjoyment by others of the Public Areas. Fire exits and stairways are for emergency use only, and they shall not be used for any other purposes by any tenant, or the employees, agents, licensees or invitees of any tenant. Landlord reserves the right to control and operate and to restrict and regulate the use of the Public Areas and the public facilities, as well as facilities furnished for the common use of the tenants, in such manner as it deems best for the benefit of the tenants generally, including the right to allocate certain elevators for delivery service, and the right to designate which building entrances shall be used by persons making deliveries in the building. No tenant shall place or leave in any public hall or outside any entry door of its premises a doormat of any kind whatsoever.
2. No awnings or other projections shall be attached to the outside walls of the building. No curtains, blinds, shades, louvered openings or screens shall be attached to or hung in, or used in connection with, any window or door of any tenant's premises, without the consent of Landlord. Such curtains, blinds, shades or screens must be of a quality, type, design and color, and attached in the manner, approved by Landlord. In order that the building can and will maintain a uniform appearance to those persons outside of the building, each tenant occupying the perimeter areas of the building shall (x) use only building standard lighting in areas where lighting is visible from the outside of the building and (y) use only building standard blinds in window areas which are visible from the outside of the building.
3. No tenant shall, without prior consent of Landlord, exhibit, inscribe, paint or affix any sign, insignia, advertisement, lettering, notice or other object on any part of the outside or inside of its premises or the building or on corridor walls or which shall be readily visible from Public Areas. Any signs placed by a tenant on an entry door of its premises shall conform to building standard signs, samples of which are on display in Landlord's rental office. Such signs shall, at the expense of the tenant, be inscribed, painted or affixed by sign makers approved by Landlord. Landlord. In the event of the violation of the foregoing by any tenant, Landlord may remove the same without any liability, and may charge the expense incurred in such removal to the tenant violation this rule. Interior signs, elevator cab designations, if any, and lettering on doors and the building directory shall, if and when approved by Landlord, be inscribed, painted or affixed for each tenant by Landlord, at the expense of such tenant, and shall be of a size, color and style acceptable to Landlord. Only the tenant named in a lease covering its premises shall be entitled to appear on the directory tablet. Additional names may be added in Landlord's sole discretion under such terms and conditions as the Landlord may approve.
4. No tenant shall (a) cover or obstruct the sashes, sash doors, skylights or windows that reflect or admit light and air into the halls, passageways or other public places in the building or the heating, ventilating and air conditioning vents and doors, or (b) place any bottles, parcels or other articles on the window sills or on the peripheral heating enclosures. Whenever the heating, ventilating or air conditioning systems are in operation, each tenant shall draw the shades, blinds or other window coverings, as required because of the position of the sun. No tenant shall have any right to remove or change shades, blinds or other window coverings within its premises without Landlord's consent.
5. No tenant shall put or place any showcases or other articles in front of or affixed to any part of the exterior of it premises or the building, or in the Public Areas.
6. No acids, vapors or other harmful materials shall be discharged, or permitted to be discharged into the waste lines, vents or flues 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 were designed and constructed, and no sweepings, rubbish, rags, acids or other foreign substances shall be thrown or deposited therein. Nothing shall be swept or thrown into the Public Areas or other areas of the Building, or into or upon any heating or ventilating vents or registers or plumbing apparatus in the Building, or to any adjoining building or property, and all damage resulting from violation of this rule and the expenses of any breakage or stoppage, or of removing any debris, caused by any tenant, or the employees, agents, licensees or invitees of such tenant, shall be deemed Additional Rent under the Lease and paid by such tenant. Any cuspidors or similar containers or receptacles shall be emptied, cared for and cleaned by and at the expense of such tenant.
7. No tenant shall mark, paint, drill or in any way deface any part of its premises or the building. No boring, cutting or stringing of wires shall be permitted, except with the prior written consent of and as directed by Landlord. No telephone, telegraph or other wires or instruments shall be introduced into the building by any tenant except in a manner approved by Landlord. No tenant shall install linoleum, or other similar floor covering, so that the same shall come in direct contact with the floor of its premises, and, if linoleum other similar floor covering is desired to be used, an 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.
8. No tenant shall bring into or keep in or about it premises any bicycles, vehicles, animals (except seeing eye dogs), fish or birds of any kind.
9. No tenant shall make or permit any noise, including but not limited to, music, singing, whistling, the playing of musical instruments, recordings, radio or television, which in the sole, reasonable judgment of Landlord, disturbs any other tenant in the building. Nothing shall be done or permitted by any tenant which would impair or interfere with the use or enjoyment by any other tenant of any other space in the building.
10. No tenant shall (a) do or permit to be done in its premises or bring into or keep in or about its premises anything which would impair or interfere with any of the Building Equipment or the services of the building or the proper and economic heating, ventilating, air conditioning, lighting and operation thereof, or (b) bring into or keep in or about its premises electrical or other equipment of any kind which, in the judgment of Landlord, might cause any such impairment or interference. No tenant, nor the employees, agents, licensees or invitees of any tenant, shall at any time bring or keep upon its premises any inflammable, combustible or explosive fluid, chemical or substance.
11. No tenant shall (a) place or affix any additional locks or bolts of any kind upon any of the doors or windows of its premises or the building, or (b) make any changes in locks or the mechanism thereof. Duplicate keys for any tenant's premises and toilet rooms shall be procured only from Landlord, and Landlord may make a reasonable charge therefor. Each tenant shall, upon the expiration or sooner termination of the Lease of which these Rules and Regulations are a part, turn over to Landlord all keys to stores, offices and toilet rooms, either furnished to, or otherwise procured by, such tenant, and in the event of the loss of any keys furnished by Landlord, such tenant shall pay to Landlord the cost of replacement locks. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any tenant may, with Landlord's prior consent, install a security system in its premises which uses master codes or cards instead of keys, provides that such tenant shall provide Landlord with the master code or card for such system.
12. lf removals, or the carrying in or out of any safes, freight, furniture, packages, boxes, crates, or any other object or matter of any description shall take place only during such hours and in such elevators as Landlord may from time to time determine, which may involve overtime work for Landlord's employees. Tenant shall reimburse Landlord for extra costs incurred by Landlord including but not limited to the cost of such overtime work. Landlord reserves the right to inspect all objects and matter to be brought into the building and to exclude from the building all objects and matter which violate any of these Rules and Regulations or the Lease of which these Rules and Regulations are a part. Landlord may install, maintain and discontinue such security measures, systems and requirements as Landlord deems appropriate (including requiring any person leaving the Building with any package or other or matter to submit a pass, listing such package object or matter, from the tenant from whose premises the package or object or matter is being removed), but the establishment and enforcement or nonenforcement or discontinuance of such measures, systems and requirements shall not impose any responsibility or liability on Landlord for the protection of any tenant for damages or loss arising from the admission, exclusion or ejection of any person to or from its premises. Landlord shall in no way be liable to any tenant for damages or loss arising from the admission, exclusion or ejection of any person to or from its premises or the building under the provisions of this Rule 12 or of Rule 15 hereof.
13. No tenant shall use or occupy, or permit any portion of its premises to be used or occupied, as an office for a public stenographer or public typist, or for the possession, manufacture or sale of narcotics or dope or as a barber, beauty or manicure shop, telephone or telegraph agency telephone or secretarial, messenger service, travel or tourist agency, retail, wholesale or discount shop for sale of merchandise, retail service shop, hiring employment agency, classroom, company engaged in the business of renting office or desk space, or for a public finance (personal loan) business, or as a hiring employment agency, or as a stock brokerage board room. No tenant shall engage or pay any employee on its premises, except those actually working for such tenant on its premises, or any part thereof, or permit the Premises or any part thereof to be used as a restaurant, shop, booth or other stand, or for the conduct of any business or occupation which predominantly involves direct patronage of the general public, or for manufacturing, or for the sale at retail or auction of merchandise, goods or property of any kind.
14. Landlord shall have the right to prohibit any advertising or the use of any identifying sign by any tenant which, in the judgment of Landlord, tends to impair the appearance or reputation of the building or the desirability of the office area as part of a mixed use building, and upon written notice from Landlord, such tenant shall refrain from and discontinue such advertising or identifying sign.
15. Landlord reserves the right to control and operate the public portions of the Building and the public facilities, as well as facilities furnished for the common use of the tenants, in such manner as it deems best for the benefit of the tenants generally, including, without limitation, the right to exclude from the Building, between the hours of 6 p.m. and 6 a.m. on business days and at all hours on Saturdays 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., Sundays and holidays, all persons who are not Tenant's list of admittees submitted to the Building Manager's office. Landlord will furnish passes to persons for whom any tenant requests such passes. Each tenant shall be responsible for all persons for whom it requests such passes and shall be liable to Landlord for all acts of such persons. Any person whose presence in the building at any time shall, in the judgment of Landlord, be prejudicial to the safety, character, security, reputation or interests of the buildings or the tenants of the Building may be denied access to the Building or may be ejected from the Building. In the event of invasion, riot, public excitement or other commotion, Landlord may prevent all access to the building during the continuance of the same by closing the doors or otherwise, for the safety of tenant and the protection of property in the building.
16. Unless Landlord shall otherwise request, each tenant, before closing and leaving its premises at any time, shall use reasonable efforts to see that all lights in its premises are turned out. All entrance doors in its premises shall be kept locked by each tenant when its premises are not in use. Entrance doors shall not be left open at any time.
17. No tenant shall use its premises for lodging or sleeping or for any immoral or illegal purpose.
18. 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.
19. Canvassing, soliciting and peddling in the building are prohibited and each tenant shall cooperate to prevent the same.
20. The employees, agents, licensees and invitees of any tenant shall not loiter around the Public Areas or the front, roof or any part of the building used in common by other occupants of the building.
21. There shall not be used in any space, or in the Public Areas, either by any tenant or by others, in the moving or delivery or receipt of safes, freight, furniture, packages, boxes, crates, paper, office material or any other matter or thing, any hand trucks except those equipped with rubber tires, slide guards and such other safeguards as Landlord shall require. No hand trucks shall be used in passenger elevators.
22. No tenant shall cause or permit any odors of cooking or other process, or any unusual or objectionable odors, to emanate from its premises which would annoy other tenants or create a public or private nuisance. No tenant shall do, cause to be done or permit any cooking in its premises except as is expressly permitted in the Lease of which these Rules and Regulations are a part.
23. All paneling, doors, trim or other wood products not considered furniture shall be of fire-retardant materials. Before installation of any such materials certification of the material's fire-retardant characteristics shall be submitted to and approved by Landlord, and installed in a manner approved by Landlord.
24. Whenever any tenant shall submit to Landlord any plan, agreement or other document for the consent or approval of Landlord, such tenant shall pay to Landlord, on demand, a processing fee in the amount of the reasonable fees for the review thereof, including the services of any architect, engineer or attorney employed by Landlord to review such plan, agreement or document.
25. Landlord reserves the right to rescind, alter, waive or add, as to one or more or all tenants, any rule or regulation at any time prescribed for the Building when, in the judgment of Landlord, Landlord deems it necessary or desirable for the reputation, safety character security, care, appearance or interest of the Building, or the preservation of good order therein, or the operation or maintenance of the Building, or the equipment thereof, or the comfort of tenants or others in the Building. No rescission, alteration, waiver or addition of any rule or regulation in respect of one tenant shall operate as a rescission, alteration or waiver in respect of any other tenant.
26. Any broadcasting done on the street level of the building must not obstruct pedestrian traffic to the building, or create any hazardous conditions for patrons of the Building (such as tripping hazards caused by loose wires). No filming of Building patrons is permitted. No broadcasting may be done in the building plaza or lobby without the prior written consent of Landlord. No broadcasting may be done within ten (10) feet of the windows of the restaurant on the first floor of the building, and broadcasters shall not block or disturb the entrance to the restaurant, or disturb any of the patrons of the restaurant.
27. No broadcasting may be done on the 8th floor garden terrace of the building without the prior written consent of Landlord. If permitted, any such broadcasting shall not obstruct pedestrian traffic through the building, or create any hazardous conditions for patrons of the Building (such as tripping hazards caused by loose wires).
28. Certain tenants have the specific right in their leases to use the broadcasting pad on the roof of the building (the "Broadcast Pad"). No other tenants may access or use the Broadcast Pad without the prior written consent of Landlord, which consent be granted, withheld or subject to conditions imposed by Landlord in Landlord's sole and absolute discretion. Any tenants who are permitted to use the Broadcast Pad, whether via their lease or with Landlord's consent ("Permitted Roof Tenants"), may only access the Broadcast Pad via the designated walkway. Permitted Roof Tenants may not access, enter onto, or use any areas on the roof of the building other than the walkway, Broadcast Pad and any appurtenant paved areas. Permitted Roof Tenants may not walk or broadcast close to the edge of the building. Permitted Roof Tenants shall not prop open the door leading to the walkway to the Broadcast Pad, and shall ensure that such door is closed and secure at all times. Guests or invitees of a Permitted Roof Tenant may only access enter onto, or use the Broadcast Pad when accompanied by a representative of such Permitted Roof Tenant. No more than fifty (50) people are permitted on the roof of the building at any time. Permitted Roof Tenants may not license or grant any rights to the roof of the Buildings to any persons other than Landlord approved subtenants, Affiliates, and persons with whom the Permitted Roof Tenant does business with in the broadcasting industry (collectively, "Permitted Roof Licensees"), provided, however, that the rights to the use of the roof by a Permitted Roof Tenant and its Permitted Roof Licensees shall not enlarge or exceed the rights to the roof originally granted to the Permitted Roof Tenant. No permanent, sharp or heavy equipment (including, but not limited to, permanent conduits or cables) shall be placed on the Building or Broadcast pad without the prior written consent of Landlord, which consent may be granted, withheld or subject to conditions imposed by Landlord in Landlord's sole and absolute discretion.
29. Temporary satellite or microwave dishes and antennas may be used only with Landlord's prior written consent. Wires may not be hung or dropped off the roof of the building without the prior written consent of Landlord. High-powered lighting may only be used on the roof of the building with the permission of the Capitol Police Department and the Architect of the Capitol, and shall only be connected to Tenant's own power source. No tents, awnings or similar structures may be erected on the roof of the building without the prior written consent of Landlord. Permitted Roof Tenants who desire to check their rooftop radio equipment located in the penthouses of the building must access such equipment via the roof of the Building, and may not walk through the penthouse equipment rooms. Any broken equipment shall be immediately removed from the Broadcast Pad. Permitted Roof Tenants may temporarily place their rooftop equipment in cabinets located in the south penthouse storage room, or in other areas of such storage room within the marked yellow lines therein if such equipment will not fit in the cabinets. Smoking, alcohol, and controlled substances are strictly prohibited on the Broadcast Pad. Permitted Roof Tenants shall keep the Broadcast Pad and walkway in a clean, neat and orderly condition, and shall not obstruct to traffic to and from the Broadcast Pad, or create any hazardous conditions for other Permitted Roof Tenants (such as tripping hazards caused by loose wires). Any spillage or petroleum products, grease, oils or fats must be immediately cleaned. Permitted Roof Tenants may only use sewn canvass or heavy-duty bags of sand as weights. No sand in paper or plastic bags are permitted. If a sand bag breaks, the area must be immediately cleaned and the weight removed from the roof. Permitted Roof Tenants may not remove or displace any rocks from the roof surface.
30. As condition to each Permitted Roof Tenant's entry onto and use of the Broadcast Pad, such Permitted Roof Tenant shall confirm that the commercial general liability insurance required by its lease for space at the building covers the entry onto and use by such Permitted Roof Tenant, as well as such Permitted Tenant's guests and invitees, of the broadcast Pad, and such Permitted Roof Tenant shall provide reasonable evidence of such coverage on requests from Landlord. Each Permitted Roof Tenant's entry onto and use of the Broadcast Pad shall constitute such Permitted Roof Tenant's agreement to indemnify and hold Landlord, its employees and agents harmless from and against all costs, claims, liabilities, losses, judgments, demands, interest, fines, suits, expenses and damages of any kind (including reasonable attorneys' fees) asserted by or on behalf of any person, entity or governmental authority against Landlord, directly or indirectly, based on or arising out of such Permitted Roof Tenant's use or entry onto the Broadcast Pad. All Permitted Roof Tenants shall access and use the Broadcast Pad in strict compliance with the terms of Landlord's grant of consent and/or the terms of their respective leases, all Legal Requirements, and these Rules and Regulations.

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