Fill and Sign the Apartment Rules Form

RULES and REGULATIONS of APARTMENTS Name of Apartment Complex:_____________________________________________________ 1. The sidewalks, courts, entry passages, halls, and stairways shall not be obstructed by lessees, or used by them for any purpose other than that of ingress and egress. 2. The front porches are not common property for all lessees and each lessee's use of the porches must be limited to that portion directly in front of his apartment. 3. Where an apartment has a rear entrance, service must be made through the rear only. 4. When practical, lessees will be required to have their household goods brought into and taken out of the building through the rear entrance. 5. Employees of lessees, except nurses accompanying lessees' children, will be permitted to have ingress and egress only by entrances appropriately indicated or marked by lessor. 6. Lessees and their employees shall maintain order in the building and shall not make or permit any improper noises in the building or interfere in any way with other tenants or those having business with them. 7. The use of all pianos, radios, television sets, phonographs, and other musical devices must discontinue at ________ o'clock p.m. No musical instruments shall be played for practice at any time and the giving of music lessons, vocal or instrumental, in the building is prohibited. 8. Lessor acknowledges each lessee's right to have parties, or large number of guests, provided that good order prevails and boisterous conduct is avoided. Continued violations of this regulation will, at the option of lessor, void the particular lease involved. 9. No play wagons, bicycles, motorcycles, motorbikes, or other vehicles shall be allowed in the corridors, halls, elevators, or elsewhere in the building, and lessor reserves the right to remove any and all objectionable items and nuisances. Lessor's failure to remove such items promptly does not constitute a waiver in this regard. 10. Dogs, cats, and other pet animals or birds are strictly prohibited in the building. 11. The floors, skylights, and windows that reflect or admit light into any place in the building shall not be covered or obstructed by any lessee. The bathroom facilities and other water apparatus shall not be used for any other purposes than those for which they were constructed, and no sweepings, rubbish, rags, ashes, or other substances shall be thrown therein. Any damage resulting to them, to heating apparatus, or any other equipment from misuse shall be paid for by the lessee who caused it. 12. Nothing shall be thrown out of the windows or doors, or down the passage of skylights of the building, by any lessee or by the employees of any lessee. - 1 - 13. All lessees and occupants must observe strict care not to leave their windows open when it rains or snows, and for any default shall make good any injury sustained by other tenants, or by lessor, through damage to paint, plastering, or other parts of the building. - 2 - 14. No lessee shall do or permit anything to be done in the premises, or bring or keep anything therein, that shall in any way increase the rate of fire insurance on the leased premises, or bring or keep anything therein that will interfere with the rights of other tenants, or in any way injure or annoy them, or conflict with any applicable fire or safety rules or regulations, or the provisions of any insurance policy providing insurance on the building or any part thereof. 15. All non-emergency reports of repairs needed and of irregularities to which lessor's attention should be directed must be made in writing to lessor's office. 16. No painting or wall papering shall be done, or alterations made to any part of the building by putting up or changing any partition, door, or window, and no nailing, boring, or screwing into the woodwork or walls shall be done, without the consent of lessor. 17. All glass, locks, and trimmings in or on the doors and windows, belonging to the building, shall be kept whole, and whenever any part thereof shall be broken, the same immediately shall be replaced or repaired and put in order under the direction and to the satisfaction of lessor, and shall be left whole and in good repair, in the same number and kind, and with the same kind of keys as received by the lessee on entering into possession of any part of the building or during his tenancy. 18. If a lessee desires awnings outside or shades inside the windows, other than those provided by lessor, such awnings or shades must be of such shape, color, material, and make as maybe prescribed by lessor, and must be constructed or attached at lessee's expense. 19. Any lessee installing or causing to be installed an additional lock in the entrance door of his apartment shall, with in _______ days after such installation, deliver a duplicate key to such lock to lessor at his office. All locks so installed are to remain after the termination of the lessee's tenancy for the benefit of lessor. 20. Lessee must, at the termination of his lease, return all keys to doors, closets, and store rooms. 21. As many keys for outside doors or mailboxes will be furnished as any lessee desires. A deposit of $______________ per key is required, but the deposit will be refunded when the keys are returned to lessor. 22. All garbage must be placed in a sanitary can at the rear hall door, between the hours of _________ and _________ o'clock a.m. daily; cans will be provided by lessor and garbage so deposited will be removed by the janitor. 23. No janitorial service other than for the removal of garbage is to be provided under this lease. 24. Special stipulations: _________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ Date_______________ Lessee - 3 -