Common use of Types of Expenses Clause in Contracts

Types of Expenses. Landlord will provide for the maintenance, repair, operation and management of the Center outside the Premises, including all facilities, improvements and areas determined by Landlord from time to time to comprise the Center. Tenant agrees to pay a Pro Rata Portion of all such costs (hereafter referred to as "Operating Costs") which, for purposes of this Lease, shall include, but not be limited to, the costs and expenses of items such as those described below: (a) Snow removal; maintenance, repair and replacement of all parking lot structures and surfaces (whether surface parking or multi-level garages), service areas and courts, including cleaning, sweeping, painting, striping and repaving; maintenance and repair of sidewalks, access roads, pathways, grass plots, plantings, curbs, guardrails, bumpers, fences, screens, monuments, towers, markers, plaques, murals, fountains, statues, art works, banners, flagpoles, bicycle racks, decorative newspaper vending racks, signs of all kinds, kiosks, traffic signals and other traffic markers; (b) Maintenance, repair and capital improvement of all structures, facilities, systems and equipment of the Center, including (without limitation): (i) the storm sewer and sanitary drainage systems, including disposal plants, lift stations and retention ponds or basins; (ii) automatic sprinkling and irrigation systems; (iii) electrical, gas and waters systems; (iv) exterior lighting, light poles and bulbs, street lights, lanterns, fixtures and other lighting systems; (v) music, sound and speaker systems and equipment; (vi) heating, ventilating and air-conditioning systems; (vii) security systems, vehicles, radios and other equipment; and (viii) paving, curbs, walkways, roofs, building exteriors, ceilings and structural supports; (c) Planting, replanting and replacing flowers, shrubbery, plants, grasses, trees and other landscaping, including those in walkways, median strips, courtyards and alleys; (d) Maintenance, operation, repair, janitorial services, supplies and utilities for the Center including, but not limited to, roofs, roof flashing, parking lot control, canopies, skylights, walkways, courts, and alleys, signs, retaining walls, ornaments, statuary, planters, benches, fountains, loading docks, stairs, fire exits, doors and hardware and all other areas and improvements; and charges for electricity, gas, water and sewer services to common areas of the Center; (e) Premiums for insurance coverage of all kinds, including, without limitation, liability insurance for personal injury, death and property damage, including excess liability coverage (if any); insurance against liability for defamation and claims of false arrest occurring in and about the Center; worker's compensation; broad form casualty and all-peril insurance, which may include (without limitation) flood insurance, glass insurance, earthquake insurance, parking garage insurance, boiler insurance and rent insurance; (f) Maintenance and repair of all vehicles, security devices, machinery and equipment used in the operation and maintenance of the Center and all license fees, personal property taxes and other charges incurred in connection with such vehicles, security devices, machinery and equipment, together with the costs of employing personnel for security and parking control purposes (if Landlord elects to provide such services); (g) Governmental licenses and permit fees of every kind and nature, and all surcharges and other cost that result from complying with environmental or other governmental laws, rules, regulations, guidelines or orders; (h) Installing and operating music programs, services and loudspeaker systems, together with the costs of applicable dues and fees payable to organizations formed to act as agents for songwriters and performers in enforcing their clients' copyrights; (i) Personnel salaries and related taxes and employment benefits for on-site property management, security and maintenance employees; (j) Users fees, taxes, assessments, special assessments, substitution taxes, gross receipts taxes, taxes on rents and other governmental charges, whether levied by federal, state, county, municipal or any other taxing authority, which are charged against the Center, real property, street lights, fixtures, personal property, rents or on the right or privilege of owning or leasing real estate or collecting rents thereon, and any other taxes, assessments and fees attributable to the Center or its operation whether now or hereafter assessed, including (without limitation) the other types of taxes described in Section 5.3 below; and (k) Property management and off-site administrative, supervisory and overhead costs, whether payable to third party or to Landlord or its affiliates, as compensation for administrative, accounting, bookkeeping and property management services for the Center; provided that the amount of such costs and expenses shall not exceed the fees that third-party professional management companies would charge for managing similar properties in the metropolitan area.