General Rules and Regulations
Three Bethesda Metro Center is a premier business address in Bethesda, as such we have worked very hard to create the most positive
environment possible for you and your employees to conduct business in
an orderly clean and desirable premises. We have endeavored to minimize
our formal Rules and Regulations. However, in order to maintain the
positive business environment, which initially attracted you as a tenant
and minimize the interference by others to your premises, we anticipate
your cooperation in observing the following Rules and Regulations
prescribed by the Owner.
Please note that the term 'Tenant’ as used in these Rules and
Regulations includes its officers, agents, servants, employees,
licensees and invitees.
After Hours Entry: Owner reserves the right after
normal building hours to require that persons entering the Building
identify themselves and establish their right to enter or to leave the
Building.
Animals & Bicycles: Tenant shall not bring into the
Building, or keep in or around the premises any insect or animal, or
bicycles without the prior written consent of Owner (wheelchairs, seeing
eye dogs, and baby carriages excepted). Bicycle racks are provided on
Service Level of the garage.
Antennas & Wires: Tenant shall not install any antenna or
aerial wires, or radio or television equipment, or any other type of
equipment, inside or outside of the Building, without Owner's prior
approval in writing. Tenant may operate personal radios and/or
televisions inside the premises leased or occupied by it, provided noise
from such equipment is not audible outside the premises.
Blind Closing: Each Tenant shall cooperate with Owner
in obtaining maximum effectiveness of the cooling system by closing
blinds or drapes when the sun's rays fall directly on windows of the
premises leased or occupied by Tenant.
Building Image: Tenant shall not advertise the
business, profession or activities of Tenant in any manner which
violates the letter or spirit of any code of ethics adopted by any
recognized association or organization, or use the name of the Building
for any purpose other than that of the business address of Tenant, or
use any picture or likeness of the Building or the Building name or logo
in any letterheads, envelopes, circulars, or notices, without Owner's
expressed consent in writing, which consent may be unreasonably
withheld.
Entrance Obstruction: Tenant shall not block or obstruct any of
the public sidewalk entries, parking areas or courtyards adjacent to
the Building, passageways, doors, corridors, elevators, elevator doors,
freight elevator lobbies, hallways or stairways of the Building.
Tenant shall not place, empty, or throw any rubbish, litter, trash or
material of any nature into such areas, or permit such areas to be used
at any time except for ingress or egress of Tenant, its licensees and
invitees.
Finish Materials: All carpets, fabrics and furniture
purchased for premises leased or occupied by Tenant shall conform to
local and state fire codes.
Flammable Fluids: Tenant shall not bring into the
premises or the Building any flammable fluids or explosives without
written permission of Owner.
Glass Panel Doors: Glass panel doors that reflect or
admit light into the passageways or into any place in the Building shall
not be covered or obstructed by Tenant. Tenant shall not permit, erect
or place drapes, furniture, fixtures, shelving, display cases or tables,
lights, signs or advertising devices in front of or in proximity of
interior or exterior windows, glass panels, or glass unless the same
shall have first been approved by Owner.
Hand Trucks: Any hand trucks used in any space or
public halls of the Building, either by Tenant or by jobbers or others,
in the delivery or receipt of merchandise, shall be equipped with rubber
tires and safeguards.
Large Item Disposal: Tenant shall have the
responsibility of disposing of crates, boxes, etc., which will not fit
into office wastepaper baskets and other unusual waste. In no event
shall Tenant set such items in public hallways or other areas of the
Building, except within the premises leased or occupied by Tenant, for
disposal. If Tenant wishes to dispose of such items prior to 6:00 pm.,
it may do so by calling the Management Office to arrange for porter
service.
Locks: No additional locks shall be placed on any door
in the Building, which are incompatible with the master keying system.
Owner may at all times keep a passkey to all leased or occupied
premises. All keys shall be returned to Owner promptly upon termination
of each lease.
Material Movement: The movement of furniture, equipment,
machines, merchandise or material within, into or out of the leased
premises and the Building shall be restricted to time, method and
routing as determined by Owner upon request from Tenant, and Tenant
shall assume all liability and risk to property, the premises leased or
occupied by it, and the Building in such move.
Owner's Reservation of Rights: Owner reserves the right
to rescind, alter or waive any rule or regulation at any time
prescribed for the Building when, in its judgment, in the interests of
all Tenants, 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. Owner shall not be responsible to any Tenant for the
non-observance or violation by any other Tenant or any of the rules of
regulations at any time prescribed for the Building.
Plumbing Systems: The plumbing facilities, lavatories and
janitor closets shall not be used for any other purposes than for which
they are constructed, respectively, and no rubbish, rags, sweepings,
and/or any other harmful damaging or foreign substance of any kind shall
be thrown in them, and the expense or any breakage, stoppage, or damage
resulting from a violation of this provision shall be borne by Tenant.
Premises Infestation: If the premises become infested
with vermin due to Tenant deliveries or acts or omissions of Tenant,
Tenant at its sole cost and expense, shall cause such premises to be
exterminated from time to time, to the satisfaction of Owner and shall
employ such exterminators as shall be approved by Owner.
Quiet Enjoyment: Tenant shall not permit the operation
of any musical or sound-producing instruments or devices which may be
heard outside the leased premises or the Building, or which may emanate
electrical waves which will impair radio or television reception from or
in the Building.
Roof Access: Admittance to the roof of the Building is done only upon the written consent of Owner.
Sales or Auctions: No space in the Building shall be used for manufacturing, public sales or auctions.
Signal Communication: If Tenant desires signal
communication, alarm or other utility or service connections installed
or changed, such work shall be done at the expense of Tenant, with the
prior written approval and under the direction of Owner.
Signs & Advertising: No sign, door plaque,
advertisement or notice shall be displayed, painted or affixed by Tenant
in or on any part of the outside or inside of the Building or parking
facilities without prior written consent of Owner.
Smoke Free: This property is a smoke free building;
smoking is prohibited in the lobby and other common areas, all
elevators, rest rooms, the elevator lobby on each floor (even if such
floor is occupied by only one Tenant) and the parking garage.
Soliciting & Peddling: Canvassing, soliciting,
peddling, and distribution of handbills and other advertising material
in the Building is prohibited. Tenant shall cooperate to prevent the
same and shall promptly report such activities to the Management Office.
Weapons: Owner has the right, but not the obligation,
to restrict Tenant from bringing into the Building, or keeping on the
premises, any weapon including but not limited to firearms, knives,
shotguns and similar items.