5. Real Estate Taxes
As used in the Lease and this Addendum, the term “Taxes” shall mean the following:
(a) when measured with respect to the Building, all ad valorem real property taxes, assessments and charges levied upon or with respect to the Property or any personal property located on the Property and used in the operation thereof or upon or with respect to any ownership or possessory interest in the Property or such personal property. When measured with respect to the Building, Taxes shall include, without limitation, all general real property taxes and general and special assessments, charges, fees, or assessments for transit, housing, police, fire, or other governmental services or purported benefits to the Property or the occupants thereof, service payments in lieu of taxes, business taxes, and any tax, fee, or excise on the use or occupancy of the Property or any part thereof, or on the rent payable under any lease or in connection with the business of renting space within the Property, that are now or hereafter levied or assessed against Lessor by the United States of America, the State of California or any political subdivision thereof, public corporation, district, or any other political or public entity, and shall also include any other tax, fee or other excise, however described, that may be levied or assessed as a substitute for, or as an addition to, in whole or in part, any other Taxes, whether or not now customary or in the contemplation of the parties on the Effective Date and shall also include reasonable legal fees, costs, and disbursements incurred in connection with proceedings to contest, determine, or reduce such Taxes, reasonably undertaken by Lessor with the expectation that, if successful, such proceedings would result in a reduction of Taxes. When measured with respect to the Building, Taxes shall not include (i) franchise, transfer, inheritance, or capital stock taxes or income taxes measured by the net income of Lessor from all sources unless, due to a change in the method of taxation, any of such taxes is levied or assessed against Lessor as a substitute for, or as an addition to, in whole or in part, any other tax that would otherwise be included within Taxes, (ii) penalties incurred as a result of Lessor’s negligence, inability or unwillingness to make payments of, or to file any tax or information returns with respect to, any Taxes, when due, (iii) items included as Operating Expenses, and (iv) any Taxes directly payable by Lessee or any other tenant within Levi’s Plaza under the applicable provisions in their respective leases, and (iv) Taxes to the extent such Taxes may be separately allocated to any underground or above ground parking garage or other parking facilities associated with the Building and common areas or to the extent such Taxes are levied on revenues from such parking facilities.
(b) when measured with respect to the Exterior Common Areas, all ad valorem real property taxes, assessments and charges levied upon or with respect to the Exterior Common Areas or any personal property located on the Exterior Common Areas and used in the operation thereof or upon or with respect to any ownership or possessory interest in the Exterior Common Areas or such personal property. When measured with respect to the Exterior Common Areas, Taxes shall include, without limitation, all general real property taxes and general and special assessments, charges, fees, or assessments for transit, housing, police, fire, or other governmental services or purported benefits to the Exterior Common Areas, service payments in lieu of taxes, business taxes, and any tax, fee, or excise on the use or occupancy of the Exterior Common Areas or any part thereof, that are now or hereafter levied or assessed against Lessor by the United States of America, the State of California or any political subdivision thereof, public corporation, district, or any other political or public entity, and shall also include any other tax, fee or other excise, however described, that may be levied or assessed as a substitute for, or as an addition to, in whole or in part, any other Taxes, whether or not now customary or in the contemplation of the parties on the Effective Date and shall also include reasonable legal fees, costs, and disbursements incurred in connection with proceedings to contest, determine, or reduce such Taxes, reasonably undertaken by Lessor with the expectation that, if successful, such proceedings would result in a reduction of Taxes. When measured with respect to the Exterior Common Areas, Taxes shall not include (i) franchise, transfer, inheritance, or capital stock taxes or income taxes measured by the net income of Lessor from all sources unless, due to a change in the method of taxation, any of such taxes is levied or assessed against Lessor as a substitute for, or as an addition to, in whole or in part, any other tax that would otherwise be included within Taxes, (ii) penalties incurred as a result of Lessor’s negligence, inability or unwillingness to make payments of, or to file any tax or information returns with respect to, any Taxes, when due, (iii) any Taxes directly payable by Lessee or any other tenant within Levi’s Plaza under the applicable provisions in their respective leases, and (iv) Taxes to the extent such Taxes may be separately allocated to any underground or above ground parking garage or other parking facilities associated with the Building and common areas or to the extent such Taxes are levied on revenues from such parking facilities.
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