When the Fontainebleau faced local opposition and red tape earlier this year in its quest to build water slides on its pool deck, the hotel’s billionaire owner, Jeffrey Soffer, successfully lobbied for a change to state law.
Still, Miami Beach officials asserted that the Fontainebleau would need approval from the city’s Historic Preservation Board to advance the project, despite the new law limiting the power of local boards to force changes.
But according to an opinion from the Florida Attorney General’s Office, the city’s position is incorrect. Miami Beach can’t require board approval for the project, the opinion says…