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extraordinary, seen or unforeseen, including all structural repairs, necessary to maintain the interior <br />of the leased property. All repairs, replacements and renewals shall be at least equal in .quality of <br />materials and workmanship to that originally existing in the leased property. The County shall be <br />responsible for repairs and maintenance of the roof and outside walls and other structural member, <br />including the foundation of the leased premises. The County shall be responsible for maintenance <br />of the heating plant and air-conditioning systems in such condition as existed at the commencement <br />of this lease, which County warrants to be in goad working condition as of the date of this lease. The <br />County shall be responsible for the' removal of snow (in a timely manner) from the parking lot and the <br />walkways. The County shall in no' event be required to make any repair, alteration or improvement <br />to the interior of the leased property. Any equipment replaced by the Tenant shall belong to the <br />Tenant, save equipment replaced in connection with Tenant's obligation to maintain the premises in <br />the same wndition as exists at the commencement of this lease, and all proceeds from the <br />disposition thereof may be retained by the Tenant. The Tenant shall indemnify the County against all <br />costs, expenses, liabilities, losses, damages, suits, fines, penalties, claims and demands including <br />responsible counsel fees, because of Tenant's failure to comply with the foregoing. Maintenance of <br />the paved parking area shall be defined as and limited to maintaining and keeping the parking area <br />in good condition with a hardtop surface pavement and proper striping. <br />9. Improvements. No substantial alteration, addition or improvement to the leased <br />property shall be made by the Tenant without the written consent of the County. Any alteration, <br />addition or improvement made by the Tenant after such consent shall have been given and any <br />fixtures permanently installed as part thereof, shall at the County's option, become the property of <br />the County upon expiration of or other sooner termination of this lease; provided however, that the <br />County shall have the right to require the Tenant to remove such fixtures at the Tenant's cost upon <br />such termination. This clause shall not preclude Tenant from decorating the interior of the leased <br />premises from time to time in Tenant's discretion. <br />10. Lien for Im ve ants b Tenant. The Tenant shall not permit any mechanic's lien to <br />be filed against the fee of the property by reason of work, labor, services or materials supplied or <br />claimed to have been supplied, whether prior or subsequent to the commencement of the term <br />hereof, to the Tenant or anyone holding the leased property, through or under the Tenant. If any <br />such mechanic's lien shall at any time be filed against the leased property, the Tenant shall, within <br />30 days after notice of the filing thereof, cause such lien to be discharged of record by payment, <br />deposit, bond, order of a court of competent jurisdiction, or otherwise. If the Tenant shall fail to <br />cause such lien to be discharged within such 30 day period, then, in addition to any other right or <br />remedy of the County, the County may, but shall not be obligated to, discharge such lien either by <br />paying the amount claimed to be due or by procuring the discharge of such lien by deposit or by <br />bonding proceedings, and in any such event the County shall be entitled, if the County so elects, to <br />compel the prosecution of an action for the foreclosure of such mechanic's lien by the lienor and to <br />pay the amount of the judgment far and in favor of the lienor, with interest, costs and all other <br />allowances. Any amount paid by the County for any such purposes, with interest thereon at the rate <br />of 6% per annum from the date of payment, shall be repaid by the Tenant to the County on demand, <br />and if unpaid may be treated as additional rent as provided for elsewhere in this lease: Nothing in <br />this lease shall be construed in any way as constituting the consent or request of the County, <br />express or implied, by inference or otherwise, to any contractor, subcontractor, laborer or <br />materialmen for the pertormance of any labor or the furnishing of any materials for any property or as <br />giving the Tenant the right, power of authority to contract for or permit the rendering of any service <br />or the furnishing of any material that would give rise to the filing of any mechanic's lien against the <br />fee of the leased property. <br />