(g) Hazardous Substances.Tenant shall not use the Demised Premises for the storage, use treatment, or disposal of any hazardous or toxic substances or petroleum products (collectively, “HazardousSubstances”), except for those used in normal commercial and retail applications or sold as retail consumer products and used in compliance with the instructions for proper use of such products and in accordance with all applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations. Tenant agrees to indemnify, defend and hold Landlord and its officers, partners, directors, shareholders, employees and agents harmless from any claims, judgments, damages, fines, penalties, reasonable costs, liabilities (including sums paid in settlement of claims) or loss including reasonable attorneys’ fees, consultants’ fees, and expert fees which arise during or after the Term of this Lease in connection with the presence of Hazardous Substances in the soil, groundwater, or soil vapor on or under the Demised Premises caused by the acts or omissions of Tenant, its officers, employees or agents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the covenants and indemnification of Tenant set forth in this paragraph shall survive the expiration of this Lease. Landlord shall likewise indemnify, defend and hold Tenant and its officers, partners, directors, shareholders, employees and agents harmless from any claims, judgments, damages, fines, penalties, reasonable costs, liabilities (including sums paid in settlement of claims) or loss including reasonable attorneys’ fees, consultants’ fees, and expert fees which arise during or after the Term of this Lease in connection with the presence of Hazardous Substances in the soil, groundwater, or soil vapor on or under the Demised Premises caused by the acts or omissions of Landlord or its tenants for adjacent properties owned, managed or leased by Landlord.
(a) Payment of Real Estate Taxes.Tenant agrees to pay all Real Estate Taxes during the Term of this Lease upon the land, buildings and personal property comprising the Demised Premises, directly to the taxing authority assessing the same.
(b) Definition of Real Estate Taxes.For the purposes of this Lease, the term “Real Estate Taxes” shall include any form of assessment (general or special), including, without limitation, ad valorem andnon-ad valorem tax levied against the Demised Premises or other assessment or fee levied by any governmental or quasi-governmental authorities or having jurisdiction over the Demised Premises, license fee, license tax, business license fee, business license tax, commercial rental tax, levy, charge, penalty, tax or similar imposition, imposed by any authority having the direct power to tax, including any city, county, state or federal government, or any school, agricultural, lighting, drainage or other improvement or special assessment district thereof, as against any legal or equitable interest of Landlord in the Demised Premises. Real Estate Taxes shall be deemed to include any tax, fee or charge on the operation and use of the Property imposed by the United States Environmental Protection Agency or any other federal, state or local governmental entity; any assessment, tax, fee, levy or charge, upon any document to which Tenant is a party, creating or transferring an interest or an estate in the Demised Premises; and any other charges, taxes and/or impositions now in existence or hereafter imposed by any governmental authority based upon the privilege of renting the Demised Premises or upon the amount of rent or income collected. Notwithstanding the foregoing, should there be any Real Estate Tax increase from the immediately preceding year as a result of a sale of the Demised Premises, Tenant shall only be obligated to pay such increase once every five (5) Lease Years.
(c) Personal Property Taxes. Tenant shall, prior to delinquency, pay the full amount of all taxes, assessments, impositions, levies, charges, excises, fees, licenses and other sums levied, assessed, charged or imposed, by any governmental authority or other taxing authority upon Tenant’s leasehold interest under this Lease and all alterations, additions, fixtures (including removable trade fixtures), inventory and other property installed or placed or permitted at the Demised Premises by Tenant. Within thirty (30) days upon request by Landlord, Tenant shall furnish Landlord a true copy of receipts evidencing such payment received by Tenant from the governmental authority or other taxing authority assessing such charges.
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