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water furniture, washing machines, extra phone or television
outlets, alarm systems, or lock changes, additions, or rekey-
ing is permitted unless allowed by law or we’ve consented in
writing. You may install a satellite dish or antenna, but only
if you sign our satellite-dish or antenna lease addendum,
which complies with reasonable restrictions allowed by fed-
eral law. You must not alter, damage, or remove our prop-
erty, including alarm systems, detection devices, furniture,
telephone and television wiring, screens, locks, and security
devices. When you move in, we’ll supply light bulbs for x-
tures we furnish, including exterior xtures operated from
inside the apartment; after that, you’ll replace them at your
expense with bulbs of the same type and wattage. Your im-
provements to the apartment (made with or without our
consent) become ours unless we agree otherwise in writing.
25.3 Fair Housing. In accordance with fair-housing laws, we’ll
make reasonable accommodations to our rules, policies, prac-
tices, or services. We’ll allow reasonable modications under
these laws to give disabled persons access to and use of this
apartment community. We may require you to sign an adden-
dum regarding the implementation of any accommodations
or modications, as well as your restoration obligations, if any.
26. Requests, Repairs, and Malfunctions.
26.1 Written Requests Required. If you or any occupant
needs to send a notice or request—for example, for re-
pairs, installations, services, ownership disclosure, or
security-related matters—it must be written, signed,
and delivered to our designated representative in ac-
cordance with our policies (except in case of re, smoke,
gas, explosion, overowing sewage, uncontrollable run-
ning water, electrical shorts, crime in progress, or fair-hous-
ing accommodation or modication). Our written notes on
your oral request do not constitute a written request from
you. Our complying with or responding to any oral request
regarding security or any other matter doesn’t waive the
strict requirement for written notices under this Lease.
26.2 Required Notications. You must promptly notify us in
writing of water leaks, mold, electrical problems, malfunc-
tioning lights, broken or missing locks or latches, and other
conditions that pose a hazard to property, health, or safety.
26.3 Utilities. We may change or install utility lines or equip-
ment serving the apartment if the work is done reason-
ably without substantially increasing your utility costs. We
may turn o equipment and interrupt utilities as needed
to avoid property damage or to perform work. If utilities
malfunction or are damaged by re, water, or similar cause,
you must notify our representative immediately.
26.4 Casualty Loss and Equipment Repair. We’ll act with cus-
tomary diligence to make repairs and reconnections, taking
into consideration when casualty-insurance proceeds are re-
ceived. Unless required by statute after a casualty loss, or dur-
ing equipment repair, your rent will not abate in whole or in
part. Air-conditioning problems are normally not emergen-
cies. If air-conditioning or other equipment malfunctions,
you must notify us as soon as possible on a business day.
26.5 Our Right to Terminate. If we believe that re or catastrophic
damage is substantial, or that performance of needed repairs
poses a danger to you, we may terminate this Lease by giving
you at least 5 days’ written notice. We also have the right to ter-
minate this Lease during the Lease term by giving you at least
30 days’ written notice of termination if we are demolishing
your apartment or closing it and it will no longer be used for
residential purposes for at least 6 months. If the Lease is so ter-
minated, we’ll refund prorated rent and all deposits, less law-
ful deductions. We may also remove and dispose of personal
property if we believe it causes a health or safety hazard.
27. Animals.
27.1 No Animals Without Consent. No animals (including
mammals, reptiles, birds, fish, rodents, amphibians,
arachnids, and insects) are allowed, even temporarily,
anywhere in the apartment or apartment community
unless we’ve given written permission. If we allow an ani-
mal, you must sign a separate animal addendum and, ex-
cept as set forth in the addendum, pay an animal deposit.
An animal deposit is considered a general security deposit.
The animal addendum includes information governing an-
imals, including assistance or service animals. We’ll autho-
rize an assistance or support animal for a disabled person
without requiring an animal deposit. We may require veri-
cation of your disability and the need for such an animal.
You must not feed stray or wild animals.
27.2 Violations of Animal Policies.
(A) Charges for violations. If you or any guest or occu-
pant violates animal restrictions (with or without your
knowledge), you’ll be subject to charges, damages,
eviction, and other remedies provided in this Lease.
If you violate the animal restrictions or other animal
rules, you’ll pay an initial charge of $____________ per ani-
mal (not to exceed $100 per animal) and a daily charge
of $____________ per animal (not to exceed $10 per day
per animal) from the date the animal was brought into
your apartment until it is removed. If an animal has
been in the apartment at any time during your term of
occupancy (with or without our consent), you must pay
for all cleaning and repair costs, including deeaing, de-
odorizing, and shampooing.
(B) Removal and return of animal. We may remove an
unauthorized animal by (1) leaving, in a conspicuous
place in the apartment, a written notice of our intent
to remove the animal within 24 hours; and (2) follow-
ing the procedures of Par. 28. We may keep or kennel
the animal, or turn it over to a humane society, local
authority or rescue organization. When keeping or
kenneling an animal, we won’t be liable for loss, harm,
sickness, or death of the animal unless due to our neg-
ligence. You must pay for the animal’s reasonable care
and kenneling charges. We’ll return the animal to you
upon request if it has not already been turned over to a
humane society, local authority or rescue organization.
28. When We May Enter. If you or any guest or occupant is pres-
ent, then repairers, servicers, contractors, government repre-
sentatives, lenders, appraisers, prospective residents or buy-
ers, insurance agents, persons authorized to enter under your
rental application, or our representatives may peacefully enter
the apartment at reasonable times for reasonable business pur-
poses. If nobody is in the apartment, then any such person may
enter peacefully and at reasonable times by duplicate or master
key (or by breaking a window or other means when necessary)
for reasonable business purposes if written notice of the entry
is left in a conspicuous place in the apartment immediately after
the entry. Law ocers with a search or arrest warrant or those in
hot pursuit may be allowed to enter. We are under no obligation
to enter only when you are present, and we may, but are under
no obligation to, give prior notice or make appointments.
29. Multiple Residents. Each resident is jointly and severally liable
for all Lease obligations. If you or any guest or occupant violates
the Lease or rules, all residents are considered to have violat-
ed the Lease. Our requests and notices (including sale notices)
to any resident constitute notice to all residents and occupants.
Notices and requests from any resident or occupant constitute
notice from all residents. Your notice of Lease termination may
be given only by a resident. In eviction suits, each resident is
considered the agent of all other residents in the apartment for
service of process. Any resident who defaults under this Lease
will indemnify the nondefaulting residents and their guarantors.
Replacements
30. Replacements and Subletting.
30.1 When Allowed. Replacing a resident, subletting, licens-
ing or assigning a resident‘s rights is allowed only when
we consent in writing. If a departing or remaining resident
nds a replacement resident acceptable to us before mov-
ing out and we expressly consent to the replacement, sub-
letting, or assignment, then:
(a) a reletting charge will not be due;
(b) a reasonable administrative (paperwork) fee will be
due, and a rekeying fee will be due if rekeying is re-
quested or required; and
(c) the departing and remaining residents will remain li-
able for all Lease obligations for the rest of the original
Lease term.
30.2 Procedures for Replacement. If we approve a replace-
ment resident, then, at our option: (A) the replacement res-
ident must sign this Lease with or without an increase in
the total security deposit; or (B) the remaining and replace-
ment residents must sign an entirely new Lease. Unless we
agree otherwise in writing, the departing resident’s secu-
rity deposit will automatically transfer to the replacement
resident as of the date we approve. The departing resident
will no longer have a right to occupancy or to a security-
deposit refund, but will remain liable for the remainder of
the original Lease term unless we agree otherwise in writ-
ing—even if a new Lease is signed.
30.3 Rental Prohibited. You agree that you won‘t rent, or oer
to rent or license all or any part of your apartment to any-
one else unless otherwise agreed to by us in writing. You
agree that you won‘t accept anything of value from any-
one else for the use of any part of your apartment. You
agree not to list any part of your apartment on any lodg-
ing rental website or with any person or service that adver-
tises dwellings for rent.
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