The city of Miami Beach enacted a sustainability and resiliency ordinance effective April 1 establishing requirements for green building certification standards on construction within the city over a certain minimum size or the payment of a sustainability fee by the property owner or developer for failing to meet those minimum standards of sustainability.

The city established a sustainability and resiliency fund for deposits of sustainability fees generated by the ordinance. The stated purpose of the ordinance is to promote sustainable development within the city by supporting resilient design and construction practices and to ensure that the city safeguards natural resources.

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