employees, contractors, invitees or licensees during the Term, Tenant shall, at Tenant’s sole cost and expense, promptly undertake all remedial measures required to clean up and abate or otherwise respond to such unauthorized release, pollution or nuisance in accordance with all applicable Environmental Laws. Landlord and Landlord’s representatives shall have the right, but not the obligation, upon reasonable prior notice to Tenant and in accordance with the terms and conditions of Section 4.5 below, to enter the Premises at any reasonable time for the purpose of inspecting the storage, use and handling of any Hazardous Material on the Premises in order to determine Tenant’s compliance with the requirements of this Lease and applicable Environmental Law. If Landlord gives written notice to Tenant that Tenant’s use, storage or handling of any Hazardous Material on the Premises does not comply with this Lease or applicable Environmental Law, Tenant shall correct any such violation within ten (10) business days after Tenant’s receipt of such notice from Landlord.
(b) Tenant shall indemnify and defend Landlord against and hold Landlord harmless from all claims, demands, actions, judgments, liabilities, costs, expenses, losses, damages, penalties, fines and obligations of any nature (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and disbursements incurred in the investigation, defense or settlement of claims) (collectively, “Claims”) that Landlord may incur as a result of, or in connection with, claims arising from the presence, use, storage, transportation, treatment, disposal, release or other handling, on or about or beneath the Premises, of any Hazardous Material introduced or permitted on or about or beneath the Premises by any act or omission of Tenant or its agents, officers, employees, or contractors on or after the Commencement Date. Notwithstanding anything contained in the Lease to the contrary, Tenant’s obligations with respect to remediation of Hazardous Materials and to indemnify Landlord for Hazardous Materials at the Premises shall only apply to Hazardous Materials that Landlord proves were first introduced to the Premises following the Commencement Date. Landlord shall indemnify and defend Tenant against and hold Tenant harmless from all Claims that Tenant may incur as a result of, or in connection with, claims arising from the presence, use, storage, transportation, treatment, disposal, release or other handling, on or about or beneath the Premises, of any Hazardous Material introduced on or about or beneath the Premises by any act or omission of Landlord or its agents, officers, employees or contractors on or after the Commencement Date.
(c) The liability of Landlord and Tenant under this Section 4.3 shall survive the termination of this Lease with respect to acts or omissions that occur before such termination.
4.4 Compliance with Legal Requirements.
(a) Tenant shall, at Tenant’s sole cost and expense, promptly comply with all laws, ordinances, rules, regulations, orders and other requirements of any government or public authority now in force or which may hereafter be in force, and with all directions and certificates of occupancy issued pursuant to any law by any governmental agency or officer, insofar as any thereof relate to or are required by the condition, use or occupancy of the Premises or the operation, use or maintenance of any personal property, fixtures, machinery, equipment or improvements in the Premises, including, without limitation, the Americans with Disabilities Act (collectively, “Legal Requirements”); provided, however, that Tenant shall not be required to perform any structural changes to the Premises or modifications to the building systems and equipment of the Premises unless such changes or modifications are related to or affected or triggered by (i) Tenant’s alterations made to the Premises following the Commencement Date, (ii) Tenant’s use of the Premises for any purpose, it being acknowledged and agreed that Tenant, at its sole cost and expense, shall be responsible for complying with all laws necessary or that are required in order for Tenant to use and occupy the Premises or (iii) Tenant’s particular employees or employment practices.
(b) Tenant shall be responsible, at Tenant’s sole cost and expense, for causing the Premises to comply with all Legal Requirements during the Term. Landlord shall have no obligation to perform any improvements, repairs or maintenance or to make any alterations to the Premises to cause the
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