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Definition - Operating Costs. The term "Operating Costs" means ---------------------------- all expenses and disbursements (subject to the limitations set forth below) that Landlord incurs in connection with the ownership, operation, maintenance and management of the Building, determined in accordance with sound accounting principles consistently applied, including, but not limited to, the following costs: (1) wages and salaries (including management fees and reimbursements of expenses incurred by Landlord's management agent) of all employees engaged in the operation, maintenance, and security of the Building, including taxes, insurance and benefits relating to such costs; (2) all uniforms, supplies, tools and materials used in the operation, supervision, maintenance, repair, replacement and security of the Building; (3) costs for improvements made to the Building which, although capital in nature, are reasonably expected to reduce the normal operating costs of the Building, as well as capital improvements made in order to comply with any law, statute, ordinance, code, regulation or insurance requirement(s) promulgated by any governmental authority and which is enacted or amended after the date of this Lease, as amortized over the useful economic life of such improvements as determined by Landlord in its reasonable discretion; (4) cost of all utilities, except the cost of utilities reimbursable to Landlord by the Building's tenants; (5) insurance expenses; (6) repairs, replacements, and general maintenance of the Building, including costs of inspecting and depreciation of machinery and equipment; (7) service or maintenance contracts and/or agreements for the operation, maintenance, repair, replacement, or security of the Building (including, without limitation, alarm service, window washing, landscaping, elevator maintenance, HVAC system maintenance, security, cleaning, trash removal, sweeping and snow removal); (8) legal, accounting, engineering and other professional fees and expenses relating to managing and maintaining the Building; (9) costs, including reasonable attorney's fees, incurred in contesting, protesting, attempting to reduce and/or attempting to restrict increases in taxes; and (10) all other costs properly constituting operating costs according to sound accounting principles consistently applied.
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Definition - Operating Costs. The term "Operating Costs" means all expenses and disbursements (subject to the limitations set forth below) that Landlord incurs directly in connection with the ownership, operation, maintenance and management of the Building, determined in accordance with sound accounting principles consistently applied, including but not limited to the following costs: (1) wages and salaries (including management fees and reimbursements of expenses incurred by Landlord's management agent) of all employees engaged in the operation, maintenance, and security of the Building, including taxes, insurance and benefits relating to such costs; (2) all uniforms, supplies, tools and materials used in the operation, supervision, maintenance, repair, replacement and security of the Building; (3) costs for improvements or replacements made to the Building which, although capital in nature, are (i) required under or made in order to comply with any legal requirement or governmental statute, law, ordinance, code, rule or regulation in effect after the date of this Lease, (ii) intended to cause a reduction in any item of Operating Costs or to improve the utility, efficiency or capacity of any system in the Building, or (iii) necessary, in Landlord's reasonable discretion, to enhance the security systems and improve the security measures at the Building, as amortized over the useful economic life of such improvements or replacements as determined by Landlord in its reasonable discretion; (4) cost of all utilities, except the cost of utilities reimbursable to Landlord by the Building's tenants; (5) insurance expenses; (6) repairs, replacements, and general maintenance of the Building, including costs of inspecting and depreciation of machinery and equipment and the periodic maintenance of the parking areas in the common areas, including restriping, repaving and resurfacing of all parking areas; (7) service or maintenance contracts and/or agreements for the operation, maintenance, repair, replacement, or security of the Building (including, without limitation, alarm service, window washing, landscaping, heating, ventilating and air-conditioning ("HVAC") system maintenance, security, cleaning, trash removal, sweeping and snow removal); (8) legal, accounting, engineering and other professional fees and expenses relating to managing and maintaining the Building; (9) costs, including reasonable attorney’s fees, incurred in contesting, protesting, attempting to reduce and/or attempting to rest...
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Definition - Operating Costs. The term "Operating Costs" means all expenses and disbursements (subject to the limitations set forth below) that Landlord incurs in connection with the ownership, operation, maintenance and management of the Building, determined in accordance with sound accounting principles consistently applied, including, but not limited to, the following costs: (1) wages and salaries [including management fees (not exceeding $1.00 per rentable square foot for the total Building) and reimbursements of expenses incurred by Landlord's management agent] of all employees below the level of General Manager or similar title engaged in the operation, maintenance, and security of the Building, including taxes, insurance and benefits relating to such costs; (2) all uniforms, supplies, tools and materials used in the operation, supervision, maintenance, repair, replacement and security of the Building; (3) costs for improvements made to the Building which, although capital in nature, are expected to reduce the normal operating costs of the Building (but limited to the amount of annual savings generated by such improvements) as well as capital improvements made in order to comply with any law, statute, ordinance, code, regulation or insurance requirement(s) promulgated by any governmental authority after the Commencement Date, in either case as amortized over the useful economic life of such improvements using generally accepted accounting principles; (4) cost of all utilities, except the cost of utilities reimbursable to Landlord by the Building's tenants; (5) insurance expenses; (6) repairs, replacements, and general maintenance of the Building, including costs of inspecting and depreciation of machinery and equipment; (7) service or maintenance contracts and/or agreements for the operation, maintenance, repair, replacement, or security of the Building (including, without limitation, alarm service, window washing, landscaping, elevator maintenance, HVAC system maintenance, security, cleaning, trash removal, sweeping and snow removal); (8) legal, accounting, engineering and other professional fees and expenses relating to managing and maintaining the Building; (9) costs, including reasonable attorney's fees, incurred in contesting, protesting, attempting to reduce and/or attempting to restrict increases in Taxes; and (10) all other costs properly constituting operating costs according to sound accounting principles consistently applied.
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Definition - Operating Costs. As used in this Article or elsewhere in this Lease “
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  • Definition of Operating Expenses Operating Expenses" shall mean and include all expenses incurred and payable in connection with the ownership, operation, maintenance, repair and management of the Premises and the improvements thereon and, without restricting the generality of the foregoing, shall include:

  • Limit on Operating Expenses The Advisor hereby agrees to limit the Fund’s current Operating Expenses to an annual rate, expressed as a percentage of the Fund’s average daily net assets for the month, to the amounts listed in Appendix A (the “Annual Limit”). In the event that the current Operating Expenses of the Fund, as accrued each month, exceed its Annual Limit, the Advisor will pay to the Fund, on a monthly basis, the excess expense within the first ten days of the month following the month in which such Operating Expenses were incurred (each payment, a “Fund Reimbursement Payment”).

  • Operating Costs Tenant shall pay to Landlord the Tenant’s Percentage of Operating Costs (as hereinafter defined) incurred by Landlord in any calendar year. Tenant shall remit to Landlord, on the first day of each calendar month, estimated payments on account of Operating Costs, such monthly amounts to be sufficient to provide Landlord, by the end of the calendar year, a sum equal to the Operating Costs, as reasonably estimated by Landlord from time to time. The initial monthly estimated payments shall be in an amount equal to 1/12th of the Initial Estimate of Tenant’s Percentage of Operating Costs for the Calendar Year. If, at the expiration of the year in respect of which monthly installments of Operating Costs shall have been made as aforesaid, the total of such monthly remittances is greater than the actual Operating Costs for such year, Landlord shall promptly pay to Tenant, or credit against the next accruing payments to be made by Tenant pursuant to this subsection 4.2.3, the difference; if the total of such remittances is less than the Operating Costs for such year, Tenant shall pay the difference to Landlord within twenty (20) days from the date Landlord shall furnish to Tenant an itemized statement of the Operating Costs, prepared, allocated and computed in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. Any reimbursement for Operating Costs due and payable by Tenant with respect to periods of less than twelve (12) months shall be equitably prorated.

  • Common Area Operating Expenses Lessee shall pay to Lessor during the term hereof, in addition to the Base Rent, Lessee's Share (as specified in Paragraph 1.6(b)) of all Common Area Operating Expenses, as hereinafter defined, during each calendar year of the term of this Lease, in accordance with the following provisions:

  • Operating Expenses During the term of this Lease Tenant shall pay to Landlord as additional rent all ad valorem taxes and operating expenses and other charges of every kind and nature (“Operating Expenses”) incurred or paid by Landlord in connection with the maintenance, repair, operation, management, or ownership of the Premises. If requested, Tenant agrees to pay Landlord on the first day of each calendar month, together with the payment of rent, such amount as Landlord estimates from time to time as necessary to pay such expenses. Landlord shall ▇▇▇▇ Tenant annually after the end of each year for such expenses. In the event the aggregate of Tenant’s installments during the year shall be less than the amount of Operating Expenses due from Tenant, such deficiency shall be paid to Landlord within ten (10) days after demand therefore. In the event the aggregate of Tenant’s installments during the year shall be more than the amount of Operating Expenses due from Tenant, such overpayment shall be applied to Tenant’s next monthly installment of Operating Expenses and Rent. As used herein, the term “Operating Expenses” shall include the cost of maintaining casualty and public liability insurance covering the Premises, real estate ad valorem taxes and all costs of managing, operating and maintaining the Premises, including but not limited to: costs of constructing, maintaining and repairing on site and off-site traffic controls; decorating, painting, lighting, sanitary control, and removal of trash, garbage and other refuse; maintenance, repair and replacement of utility systems serving any common areas, including water, sanitary sewer and storm water lines and other utility lines, pipes and conduits; costs of utilities, including water, sewer, electricity, and gas; janitorial, sweeping and cleaning services, trash bin rentals, trash pickup fees, licenses, permits and inspection fees; parking lot painting and restriping; planting, irrigating, gardening and landscaping; signs and markers; parking control and security guards and fire protection or detection service; all general maintenance and repair; other general operation and maintenance costs and expenses; all labor and supplies required by the foregoing; and administrative costs directly attributable thereto.