Compensation for permit; late fee, revocation and removal of pay telephone(s) for nonpayment.
Miami City Code § 54-418
in effectSec. 54-418. - Compensation for permit; late fee, revocation and removal of pay telephone(s) for nonpayment.
(a) The initial nonrefundable fee payable by an applicant for a permit at the time of application for installation of pay telephones shall be $230.00 for each pay telephone requested to be installed pursuant to this article. An initial inspection fee of $10.00 per location shall accompany the pay telephone permit application.
(b) There shall also be an annual permit fee of $175.00 per year per pay telephone imposed for the administration and regulation of pay telephones in and the use or occupancy of the streets or sidewalks of the city.
The pay telephone permit year shall begin on October 1 and end on September 30. The fee for any pay telephone permitted during the permit year shall be prorated to the end of the current permit year. The annual permit fee shall be due and payable on or before October 1. Permittee shall pay a late fee at the rate of 18 percent per annum of the amount of the unpaid or underpaid fee provided, however, that such rate does not exceed the maximum amount allowed under applicable law. If said fee is not received in total by the city within 60 calendar days of the start of the permit year, the city shall notify the permittee and the permit shall be revoked and the pay telephone removed, in accordance with section 54-422.
(c) The acceptance of any payment required hereunder by the city shall not be construed as an acknowledgment that the amount paid is the correct amount due, nor shall such acceptance of payment be construed as a release of any claim which the city may have for additional sums due and payable.
(1) All fee payments shall be subject to audit by the city and assessment or refund if the payment is found to be in error.
(2) In the event that such audit results in an assessment by and an additional payment to the city, such additional payment shall be subject to interest at the rate of one percent per month from the date due until the date payment is made.
(Ord. No. 11937, § 2, 6-29-00; Ord. No. 13195, § 5, 9-27-10)
Source: City of Miami, Florida, City Code, City Charter, Special Acts and Related General Laws (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/fl/miami/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=PTIITHCO_CH54STSI_ARTXIUSPURI-WINPATE_S54-418COPELAFEREREPATENOFetched: 11/1/2026