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6. GENERAL PROVISIONS 6.1 Relationship of Parties. Nothing contained in this Regulatory Agreement shall be interpreted or understood by any of the Parties, or by any Third Person, as creating the relationship of employer and employee, principal and agent, limited or general partnership, or joint venture between the City and the Owner or the Owner's agents, employees or contractors. The Owner shall at all times be deemed an independent contractor and shall be wholly responsible for the manner in which it or its agents, or both, perform any services required of them by the terms of this Regulatory Agreement regarding the Development or the Property. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Regulatory Agreement, the Owner has the right to exercise full control of employment, direction, compensation and discharge of all Persons assisting the Owner in the development, operation or maintenance of the Development or the Property. The Owner shall be solely responsible for all matters relating to payment of its employees, including compliance with tax withholding and all .other Laws governing such employees. The Owner shall be solely responsible for its own acts and those of its agents and employees. 6.2 No Claims. Nothing contained in this Regulatory Agreement shall create or justify any claim against the City by any Person that the Owner may have employed or with whom the Owner may have contracted relative to the purchase of materials, supplies or equipment, or the furnishing or the performance of any work or services with respect to the operation or maintenance of the Development or the Property. 6.3 Approvals. 6.3.1 Any approvals required from the City under this Regulatory Agreement shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed, except where otherwise specifically provided in this Regulatory Agreement. Wherever this Regulatory Agreement states that a Party's approval shall be "reasonable" or not unreasonably withheld:: (a) such approval shall not be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned; (b) no withholding of approval shall be deemed reasonable, unless withheld by Notice specifying reasonable grounds, in reasonable detail, for such withholding, and indicating specific reasonable changes in the proposal under consideration that would make it acceptable; and (c) if a Party grants its consent to any matter, this shall not waive its rights to require such consent for any further or similar matter. 6.3.2 Except as otherwise specifically provided in this Regulatory Agreement, whenever this Regulatory Agreement calls for approval by a Party of a proposed document to be submitted by the other Party, the receiving Party shall notify the other Party of its approval or disapproval of such document within thirty (30) calendar days after receipt of the proposed document. Unless otherwise provided in this Regulatory Agreement, a Party's failure to respond within such thirty (30) calendar day period shall be deemed the Party's approval. A Party shall provide specific reasons for any disapproval. 6.4 Warranty Against Payment of Consideration for Regulatorygreement. Owner represents and warrants to the City that: (a) it has not employed or retained any Person to solicit or secure this Regulatory Agreement upon an agreement or understanding for a commission, percentage, brokerage, or contingent fee, excepting bona fide employees of Owner and Third Persons to whom fees are paid for professional services related to planning, design or Construction REV: 05-20-25 LF ATTY/AGR.2025.100.3/HEART-SV (417 Stambaugh - Reaulatory Aareement) (Page 25 of 35)