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Ordinance 73-1974 ORDINANCE NO. 73-1974 AN ORDINANCE REPEALING EXISTING CHAPTER 17A OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, AND ADOPTING A NEW CHAPTER 17A OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, PROVIDING FOR THE REGULATION OF RENTS OF HOUSING ACCOMMODATIONS ; DECLARING THE EXISTENCE OF AN EMERGENCY REQUIRING SUCH REGULATION; IMPOSING A MAXIMUM OF RENT CHARGEABLE FOR HOUSING ACCOMMODATIONS ; FREEZING RENTALS FOR HOUSING ACCOMMODATIONS AS OF OCTOBER 1, 1973 ; CREATING THE OFFICE OF RENT DIRECTOR; AND SETTING FORTH HIS RIGHTS AND POWERS , INCLUDING THE ADOPTION OF RULES AND REGULATIONS ; THE ENTRY OF ORDERS FIXING MAXIMUM RENTS; PROVIDING FOR STATUTORY TENANCY; THE RECOVERY OF OVERCHARGES; AND PROVIDING PENALTIES SECTION 1. - Declaration and Findings (a) The Council of the City of Miami Beach finds that a public emergency exists= in the City caused by a shortage of dwellings and resulting in speculative, unwarranted and abnormal increases in rents; that unless residential rents and evictions are regulated and controlled, serious threats will result to the public health, safety and general welfare of the citizens of Miami Beach; that to prevent such perils to the public health, safety and general welfare, preventive action through enactment of local legislation by the Council is imperative; that such action, as a temporary measure until it is determined that the emergency no longer exists is necessary to prevent exactions of unjust, unreasonable and oppressive rents and to forestall profiteering, speculation and other disruptive practices; and that in order to prevent uncertainty, hardship and dislocation, the provisions of this ordinance are declared to be necessary to protect the public health, safety and general welfare. (b) Existing Chapter 17A of the Code of the City of Miami Beach, Florida, is deleted and this Ordinance is substituted therefor. SECTION 2 . - Short Title This ordinance shall be known and may be cited as the Rent Law. SECTION 3. - Definitions Unless a different meaning clearly appears from the context, the following terms shall mean and include : (a) Administration - The Miami Beach Rent Control Administration. (b) Director - The Director of the Miami Beach Rent Control Administration. The Director shall be appointed by the City Manager and shall receive a salary in accordance with the prevailing salary structure under the Executive Compensation Plan of the Unclassified Salary Ordinance No. 1605. The City Manager shall establish offices, purchase supplies and equipment and authorize the Director to employ OFFICE OF CITY ATTORNI►--I 1 in WASHINGTON AYENUI—MIAMI MACH, FLORIDA 33131 such personnel, subject to the approval of the City Manager, as may be necessary for the performance of his functions under this Ordinance. The Director shall submit a semi- annual report to the City Manager for transmittal to the City Council. (c) Housing Accommodation - A residential unit in any building containing three or more residential rental units in which said units are occupied or intended to be occupied by one or more individuals as a residence, home, sleeping place, boarding house, hotel, motel, lodging house, or rooming house, together with the land and build- ings appurtenant thereto; and all services, privileges, furnishings, furniture and facilities supplied in connection with the occupation thereof, including garage and parking facilities. The term "housing accommodation" shall not include : (1) Dwelling units located in a structure completed on or after October 1, 1973. Where an occupancy permit is required to be issued, there shall be a rebuttable presumption that completion is the date of issuance of the permit. If no such permit is required, completion shall be the date the housing accommodation is offered for rent in habitable condition. (2) Dwelling units located in a boarding house, hotel, motel, lodging hotise or rooming house except where the occupants thereof, on the freeze date, have been occupying their housing accommodation under a lease whose term is not less than one year, or have been in continuous occupancy for at least one year, or for which rent has been paid for one continuous year. Upon vacancy, the unit shall no longer be subject to the provisions of this Ordinance. (3) A hospital, convent, monastery, asylum, public institution, college or school dormitory, or any institution operated exclusively for charitable or educational purposes on a non-profit basis. (4) Dwelling units subject to condominium or cooperative ownership. (5) Public housing accommodations. (6) Housing accommodations resulting from sub- stantial demolition commencing on or after October 1, 1973, or where such work has been in progress on October 1, 1973. Except where such work had been in progress prior to October 1, 1973, if the building had been vacated by other than voluntary surrender of any or all of the housing accommodations or the landlord had failed to comply with Section 5 of this Ordinance or as the result of harassment, the resulting newly created housing accommodations shall remain subject to the provisions of this Ordinance and the rental for each housing accommodation shall be established by the Director. (d) Freeze Date - October 1, 1973. (e) Freeze Date Maximum Rent - The maximum lawful rent for the use of housing accommodations, including the dwelling space and all essential services, furniture, furnishings and equipment provided or required to be provided on the 1st day of October, 1973, or, if never previously rented, on the date of first renting after October 1st, 1973. If an accommodation was vacant on that date, the maximum rent shall be the rent last collected. No landlord shall be required to refund any rent collected prior to the effective date of this Ordinance which may have been in excess of the maximum rent authorized pursuant to this Ordinance. (f) Rent - Consideration, including any bonus, benefit or gratuity, demanded or received, for or in connection with, the use or occupancy of housing accommodations. -2- f ONICE OF CITY ATTOENIY--1120 WASHINGTON AVENIN—IMAM ROACH, ROEIOA 33131 (g) Landlord - An owner, lessor, sublessor, assignee or other person receiving or entitled to receive rent for the use or occupancy of any housing accommodation or an agent of any of the foregoing. (h) Tenant - A tenant, subtenant, lessee, sublessee or other person entitled to the possession, use or occupancy of any housing accommodation. SECTION 4 . - General Powers and Duties of the Director The Director may adopt, promulgate, amend or rescind such rules , regulations , and orders as he may deem necessary and proper to effectuate the purposes of this Ordinance. (a) (1) The Director or any officer or agent desig- nated by the Director, may administer oaths and affirmations and may, whenever deemed necessary, by subpoena, require any person to appear and testify, or to appear and produce documents , or both, at any designated place. Any person subpoenaed shall have the right to make a record of his testimony and to be represented by counsel. In case of contumacy or refusal to obey a subpoena served upon any person, the Municipal Court shall have jurisdiction to issue an order requiring ,such person to appear and give testimony or to appear and produce documents , or both, and any failure to obey such order of the Court may be punished by such Court as a contempt thereof. (2) The Director may require that all documentation submitted to him be verified or affirmed by the party making such submission. The Director shall establish, as necessary, procedures for the service of papers , documents and other submissions upon the parties to a proceeding before the Administration. (3) The Director shall have the authority to seek injunctive relief, when, in his judgement, such action is considered necessary to effectuate the purposes of this Ordinance. (b) (1) The Director shall establish maximum rents which shall be the rents in effect on Octobeli 1, 1973 , or, if the housing accommodation had been previously rented but was vacant on that date, the last rent collected. (2) There shall be no restriction in the rental to be charged for a housing accommodation rented for the first time, provided that a registration statement is filed with the Director within 30 days after such renting. All subsequent rental adjustments for such housing accommodation shall be subject to the provisions of this Ordinance. (3) The Director may determine the maximum rent of a housing accommodation including dwelling space, essential services, furniture, furnishings or equipment, when such maximum rent is in doubt. (4) Each landlord shall, within forty-five (45) days after adoption of this Ordinance, unless such time is extended by the Director, file with the Director, on forms prescribed by him, registration statements setting forth the freeze date maximum rents , essential services and equipment and such other data as the Director shall consider necessary to effectuate the purposes of this Ordinance. Failure to timely file shall be considered willful violation of this Ordinance and subject the landlord to a fine of Five Hundred -3- f ONICR Of CITY ATTORNEY-1130 WASHINGTON AVOWS-MIAMI MACH, FLORIDA 33139 Dollars ($500.00) for each housing accomodation for which no registration statement is timely filed. In such case, the Director shall establish the maximum rent as of October 1, 1973 or date of first renting, whichever is later, based upon a comparability study of similar apartments and after consideration of the equities involved. A registration statement shall also be filed for each vacant apartment which had been previously rented and upon renting, the landlord shall, within thirty (30) days after such renting, notify the Director in writing of the rental being charged and the name of the tenant. (c) (1) (i) At the expiration of an existing lease which may have been in effect prior to October 1, 1973, a landlord may receive a percentage increase over the maximum rent then in effect in accordance with guidelines to be established by the Director effective October 1 of each year, commencing October 1, 1974. This increase is collectible as of October 1, 1974, or upon the expiration of a lease which may have been in effect on October 1, 1973, whichever is later. (ii) Any rental increase contained in a lease entered into between October 1, 1973 and December 31, 1973, or, if entered into prior to October 1, 1973, was effective on or after October 1, 1973, is superseded by the provisions of this Ordinance. However, in such instances, a landlord shall be permitted to collect the guidelines increase, commencing October 1, 1974 . and each succeeding October 1, until the expiration of the lease at which time the provisions of this paragraph shall prevail. (iii) No subsequent automatic increase may be collected sooner than upon the expiration of twelve (12) months after commencement of the prior such automatic increase. (2) (i) Except as hereinafter provided, no rental increase above the freeze date maximum rent shall be permitted prior to October 1, 1974. Occupancy of a previously rented housing accommodation by a new tenant between October 1, 1973 and September 30, 1974 shall be at the freeze date maximum rent. Any lease entered into on or after January 1, 1974 and effective between January 1, 1974 and September 30, 1974 must contain a clause providing for the guidelines increase effec- tive October 1, 1974 and each subsequent October 1 for the term of the lease, in order for such increase to be collectible. (ii) No increase granted pursuant to Section 4 (c) (4)(iv) (major capital improvement and substantial rehabilita- tion) shall be collectible where a lease entered into on or after January 1, 1974 fails to include a clause providing for such increase. Such clause must make specific reference to the particular major capital improvement or substantial rehabilitation and such work must be in progress at the time the lease is entered into. However, no such clause shall be required to collect such increase where a lease had been entered into between October 1, 1973 and December 31, 1973 or, if entered into prior to October 1, 1973, was effective on or after October 1, 1973. (iii) No increase granted pursuant to Section 4 (c) (4)(v) (fair return) shall be collectible where a lease entered into on or after January 1, 1974 fails to include a clause providing for such increase. No such clause shall be required to collect such increase where a lease had been entered into between October 1, 1973 and December 31, 1973 or, if entered into prior to October 1, 1973, was effective on or after October 1, 1973. -4- r OlNCR OF CITY ATTORNRY-1120 WASHINGTON AVRNUI-MIAMI MACH, FLORIDA 33131 (3) In establishing the guidelines, the Director may consider: (i) The economic condition of the residential real estate industry in Miami Beach and, if warranted, in adjacent areas , including such factors as the prevailing and projected (a) real estate taxes and water and sewer rates ; (b) gross operating and maintenance costs (including but not limited to insurance rates , utility and labor costs) ; (c) costs and availability of financing (including effective rates of interest) ; and (d) overall supply of housing accommodations and overall vacancy rates . (ii) Relevant data from the current and projected cost of living indices. (iii) Other relevant data which may be available to the Director. If it is determined by the Director, upon application by the tenants within thirty (30) days after establishment of the guidelines , that essential building-wide services are not being substantially maintained, such percentage increases to the building shall be, revoked effective as of the October 1 date preceding such revocation. The landlord shall be required to refund to the tenants, within thirty (30) days from the date of revocation, the cumulative amount of the collected increased rentals exceeding the maximum rents in effect as of the preceding September 30. The landlord shall not be premitted to obtain restoration of the guidelines increase until proof of restor- ation of services is submitted to the Director and verified. No subsequent guidelines increase shall be permitted until twelve (12) months after the effective date of the order restoring the increases. (4) Adjustments may be granted upon application at any time subject to the approval of the Director, where: (i) It is established that unique or peculiar circumstances existed which resulted in a freeze date maximum rent substantially lower or higher -than the rents generally prevailing in the same area for substantially similar housing accommodations. (ii) The landlord and tenant, by mutual voluntary written agreement, consent to an increase or decrease in dwelling space or a change in the services, furniture, fur- nishings or equipment provided to the housing accommodation. (iii) Improvements are provided to the overall building, as distinguished from the individual units, upon the express written consent of fifty-one percent (51%) of the tenants in occupancy as of the date of filing the application for such increase. (iv) There has been a major capital improvement required for the operation, preservation or maintenance of the structure, or substantial rehibilitation to the premises , completed on or after October 1, 1973 . The consent of the tenants will not be prerequisite to obtaining increases under this paragraph. However, no increases will be granted unless essential services are substantially being maintained on the date of issuance of the orders granting the increases. -5- • OFFICE OF CITY ATTORNEY-1120 WASHINGTON AVOWS-MIAMI MACH, FLORIDA 33131 (v) It is established that the earned income from the property (which, after October 1, 1974 shall include the increases resulting from the guidelines established by the Director) does not result in a net annual return of 6% of the assessed valuation of the property in effect as of October 1, 1973 . For the purposes of this paragraph, net annual return shall be the amount by which the earned income exceeds the operating expenses of the property, excluding mortgage interest, amortization, depreciation and debt service. No such increase shall be granted where there is pending without final disposition a proceeding to correct the determination of the Tax Assessor with respect to the assessed valuation of such property.. Only one appli- cation may be filed under this paragraph in any twelve-month period and any increase granted shall not be effective sooner than the expiration of twelve months after the granting of a prior increase under this paragraph. In no event shall any increase granted under this paragraph for any housing accommodation exceed 5% of the rental in effect on the date of filing the application under this paragraph, nor shall the total increase granted to any housing accommodation in any twelve (12) month period under the annual guidelines and this paragraph, combined, exceed 7% of the maximum rent in effect as of the October 1st preceding, except that this limitation may be waived where a greater increase is necessary to make the earned income of the property equal its operating expenses . No increases shall be granted under this paragraph unless essential services are substantially being maintained on the date of issuance of the orders granting the increases nor shall any increases be granted where the landlord had been denied the guidelines increase based upon the failure to substantially maintain essential services, and no orders of restoration have been issued. (5) The Director, upon application of a tenant or tenants , or upon his own volition, may reduce a maximum rent or rents upon a finding that there has been a reduction in dwelling space, essential services , furniture, furnishings or equipment. SECTION 5. - Evictions . So long as the tenant continues to pay the rent to which the landlord is entitled, no action or proceeding to recover possession of any housing accommodation shall be maintainable by any landlord against any tenant notwithstanding that the tenant has no lease or that his lease has expired and notwithstanding any contract, lease agreement or obli- gation heretofore or hereafter entered into which provides for surrender of possession, except on the following ground: (a) An action or proceeding to recover possession of any housing accommodation shall be maintainable in a court of competent jurisdiction when: (1) The tenant has refused or failed to pay the maximum rent except that if such refusal is in accord with other State of Local statutes designed to protect the tenant, such statutes may be raised as a defense. (2) The tenant is committing or permitting a nuisance in the housing accommodation. (3) There is intentional or persistent neglect, damage or injury by the tenant to the property of the landlord. -6- f OFFICE Of CITY ATTORNEY-1130 WASHINGTON AVENIN-MIAMI EIACII, FLORIDA 33139 (4) There are disorderly or disturbing noises or conduct on the part of the tenant that destroy the peace and tranquility of the landlord, other tenants, or persons living in or about the neighborhood. (5) The tenant is violating a substantial obli- gation of his tenancy. (6) The tenant is using the housing accommodation for an immoral or illegal purpose. (7) The tenant has unreasonably refused access to the landlord for the purpose of making necessary repairs or improvements or for the purpose of showing the housing accom- modation to a person with a legitimate interest therein, unless such refusal is contrary to the provisions of the tenant's lease or other agreement. (b) No tenant may be evicted for the reasons here- inafter set forth unless , upon application by the landlord, the Director shall issue an order granting a certificate of eviction permitting the landlord to pursue his remedies at law. For the purpose of this paragraph, good faith is defined as meaning that the landlord will utilize the housing accom- modations for the purposes stated in his application. An order granting a certificate of eviction shall be issued when it is found that: (1) The owner seeks, in good faith, to recover possession of the housing accommodation for his own use and occupancy. (2) The landlord seeks , in good faith to substan- tially demolish the building for the purpose of constructing a new residential building containing at least 25% additional housing accommodations. Such new structure may contain business and commercial units on the ground floor only, so long as there is compliance with governmental zoning requirements . The Director shall, by regulation, as a condition to granting certificates of eviction under this provision, require the relocation of tenants in other suitable accommodations except where the Director finds that exemption from such relocation will not result in hardship to a tenant or class of tenants . Costs of relocation, including moving expenses, shall be borne by the landlord. Final approval of the suitability of the relocated housing accommodation shall be made by the Director. (3) The Director may issue orders granting cer- tificates of eviction in other cases if the requested removal or eviction is not inconsistent with the purposes of the Rent Law. In such cases , the Director shall impose such terms and conditions as he deems appropriate. (4) (i) All orders granting certificates of eviction shall contain a stay of 90 days from the date of issuance, prior to which no proceeding may be commenced in court for the removal of the occupant. (ii) Should the landlord fail to utilize the premises for the purpose sought within 30 days after removal of the tenant pursuant to an order granting a certificate of eviction under paragraph (1) of this section or within 90 days after the vacating of the last tenant under paragraph (2) of this section, he shall be liable to each tenant for three times the damages sustained on account of such tenant' s removal, -7- • OFFICE Of CITY ATTORNEY--1110 WASHINGTON AVENUE-MIAMI MACH, FLORIDA 3313 reasonable attorney 's fees and court costs. Damages shall include the cost of moving and the difference in rent bet- ween that rental which the tenant had been paying prior to removal and the rental paid upon occupancy after removal, and such differential shall be computed for a two year period. The landlord shall also be subject to the penalties set forth in section 12 of this Ordinance. (c) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, the United States, the State of Florida or any agency or political subdivision thereof may maintain an action or proceeding to recover possession of any housing accommoda- tion operated by it where such action or proceeding is authorized by the statute or regulation under which such accommodations are administered. SECTION 6. - Effective date of rent adjustments. Any rent adjustment other than that prescribed by Section 4 (c) (1) of this ordinance, shall be effective as of the first day of the month following the issuance of the determination by the Director. SECTION 7. -- Hearings. Parties to a proceeding shall submit written docu- mentation to support their positions. Oral hearings shall not be required and shall only be held in the discretion of the Director. SECTION 8 . - Judicial review. A party aggrieved by a regulation or a final deter- mination issued by the Director may seek judicial review of such regulation or final determination of the Director by way of certiorari to the Circuit Court within thirty (30) days from the date of issuance of the Director's regulation or determination. SECTION 9. - Modification of Determination The Director, prior to commencement of a proceeding for judicial review, and prior to the execution of a warrant in a summary proceeding to recover possession of real property, may revoke, modify or supersede any determination issued where it is found that such determination was the result of fraud, illegality or irregularity in vital matters. SECTION 10. -- Prohibitions (a) It shall be unlawful, regardless of any contract, lease or other obligation heretofore or hereafter entered into, for any person to demand or receive any rent for any- housing accommodation in excess of the maximum rent or other- wise to do or omit to do any act in violation of any regulation, order or requirement of the Director under this Ordinance or to offer, solicit, attempt or agree to do any of the foregoing. (b) It shall be unlawful for any officer or employee of the Administration or for any official adviser or consultant to the Director to disclose, other -than in the course of official duty, any information obtained under this Ordinance or to use any such information for personal benefit. (c) It shall be unlawful for any person willfully to make any statement or entry false in any material respect in any document or report submitted in any proceeding before the Administration or required to be kept or filed under this Ordinance or regulation , order, or requirement thereunder, or to willfully omit or neglect to make any material statement or entry required to be made in any such document or report. OFFICE OF CITY ATTORNEY-1130 WASNINRicON'AVENUE-MIAMI EIACN FLORIDA 33139 (d) Where an order granting a Certificate of Eviction has been issued, it shall be unlawful for a landlord or a successor in interest to use housing accommodations on the site on which same are located for any purposes other than those specified in the Certificate of Eviction. SECTION 11. - Harassment (a) It shall be unlawful for any person, with intent to cause any tenant to vacate housing accommodations, to engage in any course of conduct, including, but not limited to inter- ruption or discontinuance of essential services, which inter- feres with or disturbs the comfort, repose, peace or quiet of such tenant in his use or occupancy of his housing accommodation. (b) It shall be unlawful for any person to remove or attempt to remove a tenant from his housing accommodation because such tenant has taken, or proposes to take, action authorized or required by this Ordinance or any existing building, housing and health codes . (c) If it is found by the Director that a tenant has vacated his housing accommodation as the result of actions which are in violation of paragraphs (a) and (b) of this Section, the tenant shall be permitted to recover in an action at law three times the damages incurred as well as reasonable attorney ' s fees and court costs . Damages shall include the costs of moving and the differential in rent between that rental which the tenant had been paying prior to vacating and the new rental paid, the differential to be computed for a two-year period. Such action must be commenced within two (2) years from the date of the Director ' s findings . SECTION 12. - Enforcement Any person who willfully violates any provision of this Ordinance shall, upon his conviction of a first violation, be subject to a fine not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500.00) ; and for each subsequent offense, shall be subject, upon his conviction, to a find up to five hundred dollars ($500.00) and imprisonment for a period not to exceed sixty (60) days . SECTION 13 . - Overcharges An action may be brought by a tenant against his landlord in any court of competent jurisdiction to recover rentals collected by the landlord in excess of the maximum rent. The landlord shall also be liable for reasonable attorney' s fees and court costs. Damages not to exceed three times the amount of the overcharges may be recovered by the tenant if the Court finds that the overcharges were willfull. An action for overcharges must be commenced within two years of payment of the last over- charge and, if commenced timely, the landlord shall be liable for all overcharges collected prior to the commencement of the action. SECTION 14. - Survivorship In the event of the death of a tenant, the rights of such deceased tenant shall inure to the surviving spouse or other person then in occupancy. SECTION 15. - Waiver Waiver of the provisions of this Ordinance by the tenant shall be unenforceable and void. - 9 • OffICE Of CITY ATTORNEY-1120 WASHINGTON AVENIN-MIAMI REACH, FLORIDA 33139 SECTION 16 . - Decontrol Whenever the Director shall find that an emergency no longer exists with respect to all or any particular class of housing accommodations , he shall recommend to the City Council that the controls imposed on rents and evictions pur- suant to this Ordinance should be scheduled for orderly decon- trol with due regard to preventing uncertainty, hardship and dislocation. The City Council may only issue such order after the holding of a public hearing at which interested persons are given a reasonable opportunity to be heard. SECTION 17 . - Duration This Ordinance shall remain in effect until September 30, 1975 , unless extended by the Council. SECTION 18. - Severability If any provision of this Ordinance, or the application of such provision to any person or circumstance, is declared in- valid by the final decree of a court of competent jurisdiction, such invalidity shall not, affect any other provision or appli- cation of this Ordinance, it being the intent of the City Council that the provisions of this Ordinance shall be deemed severable. SECTION 19. - This Ordinance shall go into effect January 1, 1974. PASSED and ADOPTED this 19thday of December , 1973 MAYOR ATTEST: (72(a- -t-4(1,et- /A7. CITY CLERK 1st reading - November 21 , 1973 2nd reading - December 19, 1973 POSTED —December 24, 1973 —10— • OI*ICI OP CITY ATTORNRY--1120 WASHINGTON AVOWS—MIAMI IACN, FLORIDA 33131 STATE OF FLORIDA COUNTY OF DADE: I , ELAINE MATTHEWS, City Clerk, in and for the City of Miami Beach, Florida, do hereby certify that Ordinance No. 73-1974 entitled: AN ORDINANCE REPEALING EXISTING CHAPTER 17A OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, AND ADOPTING A NEW CHAPTER 17A OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, PROVIDING FOR THE REGULATION OF RENTS OF HOUSING ACCOMMODATIONS; DECLARING THE EXISTENCE OF AN EMERGENCY REQUIRING SUCH REGULATION; IMPOSING A MAXIMUM OF RENT CHARGEABLE FOR HOUSING ACCOM- MODATIONS; FREEZING RENTALS FOR HOUSING ACCOMMODATIONS AS OF OCTOBER 1 , 1973; CREATING THE OFFICE OF RENT DIRECTOR; AND SETTING FORTH HIS RIGHTS AND POWERS, INCLUDING THE ADOPTION OF RULES AND REGULATIONS; THE ENTRY OF ORDERS FIXING MAXIMUM RENTS ; PROVIDING FOR STATUTORY TENANCY; THE RECOVERY OF OVERCHARGES; AND PROVIDING PENALTIES. having been passed and adopted by the City Council of the City of Miami Beach, Florida, has been posted by me at the door of the City Hall in said City on the 24th day of December , 1973, and that said Ordinance remained posted for a period of at least thirty days in accordance with the requirements of the City Charter of the said City of Miami Beach. 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