City of Miami Beach v. Rocio Corp.

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• principle that municipal ordinance is inferior to state law and must fail in the event of conflict remains undisturbed under municipal home rule
• local condominium conversion ordinance which supplements rather than countermands statute may coexist with that statute
• municipal ordinance inferior to state law and must fail when conflict arises; such principle remains undisturbed under Ch. 166 , F.S.
• legislation may be concurrent, enacted by both state and local governments in areas not preempted by the state, concurrent legislation enacted by municipalities may not conflict with state law
• “An ordinance which supplements a statute’s restriction of rights may coexist with that statute . ¡. whereas an ordinance which countermands rights provided by statute must fail.” (citations omitted)
• “The plain language of a statute must be read to mean what it says.”

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