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RULES OF CONDUCT FOR OCCUPANCY
TENANT NAME ______________________________
ADDRESS / APT NO. __________________________
These rules and regulations have been adopted to secure your comfort and safety, while maintaining a quality living environment.
1. COURTESY
Profane, obscene, loud or boisterous language, or unseemly behavior and conduct is absolutely prohibited. The tenant obligates himself and those under him not to do or permit to be done, anything that will annoy, harass, embarrass, discommode, or inconvenience any of the other tenants, neighbors or occupants in adjoining premises.
2. SUSPECTED ILLEGAL ACTIVITY
Illegal activities on the premises will not be tolerated. In the opinion of the property owner, any activity of a suspicious nature on the part of the tenant, or any of the employees, guests or family members of the tenant in the leased premises, or any areas adjoining the premises shall be cause for immediate termination of the lease. This shall include any arrests on the part of the tenant, or guests of the tenant or suspicion of any illegal activity, regardless of whether a conviction results. Reports to the property owner of suspicion of illegal activity on the part of the tenant, or any guest of the tenant, will be reported by the property owner to the police.
3. DRUG-FREE HOUSING
At no time will drug-related criminal activity, meaning the manufacture, sale or distribution of a controlled substance, be tolerated on or near the property, premises on the part of the tenant or any member of the household, anyone under the control of the tenant, guest or any other person. Further, any activity such as acts of violence or threats of violence, including but not limited to, the unlawful discharge of firearms, on or near property premises will not be tolerated. Violation of any or all of these provisions shall be a material violation of the lease and good cause for immediate termination of the lease.
4. LOITERING AND USE PUBLIC AREAS
No person shall congregate, lounge, play, sit obstruct or unnecessarily tarry upon, within or about any of the entrances, halls, passageway, stairs or porches. The sidewalks, entrances, passages, courts, vestibules, stairways, corridors and halls must not be obstructed or encumbered or used for an purpose other than ingress and egress to and from the demised premises. No baby carriages, vehicles, bicycles or portable barbecues shall be allowed to stand in the halls, passageways, porches or courts of the building. Children shall not play in the public hallways or stairways.
5. NOISE
Tenant shall not make or permit any disturbing noises in the building by tenant or tenant's family, employees, agents, visitors
+ or licensees, nor do or permit any thing by such persons that will interfere with the rights, comforts or convenience of other residents. Residents shall not play upon, or suffer to be played upon, any musical instrument or operate or suffer to be operate audio-visual equipment in the demised premises, or on the exterior of said premises, if the same shall disturb or annoy other occupants of the building.
6. MOVING AND/OR DAILY MOVEMENT
All goods, provisions, merchandise, furniture, trunks, boxes, bicycles and baby carts shall be brought into and taken from the premises through the rear entrance only, when possible, and none of the same shall be permitted to remain in the general halls, entrances or porches.
7. SIGNS
No sign, advertisement, notice or other lettering shall be exhibited, inscribed, painted, or affixed by tenant or tenant's family, on any part of the outside or inside of the demised premises or the building without prior written consent of the property owner.
8. EXTERIOR
Nothing shall be placed or kept on the outer sill or on the outside of any window, and nothing shall be thrown out of any window, door or from any porch into any attached court, yard, sidewalk or alley. No awnings or other projections shall be attached to the outside walls of the building, and no blinds, shades or screens shall be attached to or hung in, or used in connection with any window or door of the demised premises, without prior written consent of the property owner. No garbage cans, supplies, milk bottles, or other articles shall be placed in the halls or on the staircase landings, nor shall anything be hung from the windows or balconies or placed upon the window sills. No linens, clothing, curtains, rugs or mops shall be shaken or hung from any of the windows or doors.
9. ANIMALS
Birds, dogs, cats, reptiles or other animals will not be permitted in, upon or about the premises without the express prior written consent of the property owner. Consent, if given, shall be revocable by the property owner at any time.
10. CENTRAL HEATING PLANT
Only persons employed by the property owner or his agents shall operate, or have anything to do with any heating plant on the premises. The tenant shall not install or use any electrical or other type of space heater without the express prior written consent of the property owner. The tenant shall not use cooking appliances to heat the premises.
11. FILTERS, HEATING AND COOLING MAINTENANCE
Lessor provides routine heating and cooling checks and changes of furnace filters. Property owner reserves the right to access during normal business hours to conduct routine, preventative maintenance on heating and cooling plants.
12. PET CLEANING AND PET DEPOSIT
Property owner reserves the right to require a $___________ pet deposit. Tenant agrees to allow property owner to deduct the full cost of carpet cleaning, pest extermination and air freshener from the deposit. Tenant agrees to return apartment and yard without damages and in original condition. Property owner reserves the right to periodically inspect tenant's apartment and if any damage has occurred, tenant agrees to immediately vacate premises and the lease shall be terminated.
13. KEYS
The tenant shall not change, reproduce or add any keys and/or locks without the express prior permission of the property owner. The tenant shall provide the property owner with copies of every key for tenant's apartment.
14. FEE FOR LOST KEYS
If the tenant shall lose the keys to the apartment, then he shall be responsible for a fee of $________ in addition to cost of replacement keys or locksmith charges.
15. WATER BEDS, FISH TANKS, AND OTHER LARGE LIQUID CONTAINERS
Water beds or fish tanks or other liquid containers over 10 gallons in capacity shall not be allowed in the apartment without the express prior written consent of the property owner. If consent is provided, tenant shall be fully responsible for any water damage that may occur to the premises.
16. GARBAGE
No garbage or other refuse shall be stored or allowed to accumulate on the premises for extended periods of time. No garbage shall he thrown out of windows, doors or from any other part of the property. All garbage and refuse shall be disposed of in a timely manner in places and dumpsters provided by the City of St. Louis.
17. REPAIRS
Tenant agrees to notify property owner immediately of any item which will require work of any type within the apartment or in the building.
18. ALTERATIONS
No alterations, modifications or painting may be done to the apartment, to include without limitation, the walls, ceilings, floors, radiators, or woodwork without the prior written consent of the property owner. The tenant shall not mark, drill into or in any way deface any part of the demised premises or the building of which they occupy. No binding, cutting or stringing of wires shall be permitted, except with the prior written consent of the property owner, and except as property owner may direct. If the tenant should do so without such consent, then the tenant will be obligated to the property owner for the cost to return the apartment to its original condition.
19. OCCUPANCY
Only occupants listed on the application for tenancy and lease shall occupy the apartment. Any deviation from this shall automatically terminate the lease/rental agreement.
20. CLEANING AND DAMAGE DEPOSIT
A $__________ cleaning charge may be deducted if the apartment is not returned clean, including appliances and carpet. Other repair, painting or damage charges may be deducted from deposit. If the tenant signs a lease and in less than one year any painting, carpet cleaning, or other cleaning must be performed by the property owner, the tenant will be responsible for these aforementioned services.
21. LOCKOUT
In the event that the tenant locks themselves out of their apartment, they may obtain a key from the property owner at a time convenient to the owner. Any damage to the property as a result of a lockout must be paid for by the tenant.
22. ANTENNAS
Any antenna placed or attached on the roof or exterior walls of the building without consent of the property owner in writing is liable to removal without notice.
23. PLUMBING
The water closets, wash basins, sink, disposal and other plumbing fixtures shall not be used for any purpose other than those for which they were constructed. No sweeping, rubbish, rags or other substances shall be thrown therein. Any damages from the misuse of fixtures in the demised premises shall be borne by the resident. The tenant shall keep the sink and lavatory drains and commode lines in good operating condition.
24. COMBUSTIBLE AND PROHIBITED SUBSTANCES
Neither the tenant nor any of the tenant's agents, employees, licensees or visitors shall at any time bring into or keep upon the demised premises any flammable, combustible or explosive fluid, material, chemical or substance.
25. LIGHT BULBS
Before occupancy of the apartment, all light bulbs will be installed and in good working order. Thereafter, tenants are required to provide and change all bulbs within their apartment or switch controlled from their apartment, no matter where located, at their own expense.
26. SPECIAL AGREEMENTS (as written below)
Tenants and guests shall observe all rules and regulations which may be hereafter set forth by the property owner in reference to the use of the premises leased/rented here, in addition to these rules and regulations set forth herein. Property owner reserves the right to amend or revoke any of these rules or regulations, in whole or part, or to adopt new ones, at anytime or from time to time, and all such amendments, revocations, or new rules shall become a part of this lease/rental agreement as of their effective date.
Violation of these rules and regulations, or any part of them, by the tenant will be just cause for the property owner to invoke the remedies enumerated in the lease/rental agreement in regard to these rules and regulations. Any notice as to amending or revoking any of the rules and regulations in whole or in part, or to adopt new ones, shall be effective upon notice of same being sent to the tenant by the property owner in the form as set forth in the lease/rental agreement for serving of notices by property owner on tenant, or may in addition thereto become effective upon the date same are posted at or near the place set up for the mail boxes in the apartment building in which the demised premises are a part.
Please sign your name in the space provided below as an indication that you have received a copy of the aforementioned rules and regulations, and that you have reviewed and understand them.
TENANT: _________________________ DATE:_______________
