City code inspectors cited one of Miami’s largest condominiums for breaking the law by operating as a hotel, reinforcing the effort to shut down hundreds of short-term vacation rentals causing chaos at the Brickell tower.
The citation for unpermitted use at The Club at Brickell Bay was mailed to its condo association board and attorney on Tuesday night by Code Enforcement Inspector Bickenson Jean-Noel. If board members fail to comply within 10 days, they would be summoned to a Code Enforcement Board hearing tentatively scheduled for Dec. 9 at City Hall where they could be fined as much as $5,000 per day.
The Club, a 43-story tower classified as a multi-family residential condo, does not have a Certificate of Use to run as a condo-hotel, an omission first revealed by the Miami Herald. A Herald search for the certificate turned up a 19-year-old document, covered with scribbled notes, that does not authorize nightly lodging. The document was also forged, according to a former Club officer who said he never applied for or signed it…