City of Miami Building Efficiency 305 Exemption Request Form

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Any entity or owner requesting an exemption from benchmarking shall submit an annual benchmarking exemption request form to the director by April 1 in the year for which the exemption is being requested.

Any exemption granted will be limited to the benchmarking submission for which the request was made and does not extend to past or future submittals.

Appeal of a determination that a property is not exempt shall be made within 15 days of such determination to a review committee comprised of the director of the departments of resilience and public works (or the supervisor of plats in lieu thereof), zoning, and planning, the director, and an assistant city manager as designated by the city manager. The review committee, acting by majority vote, shall either affirm the director's denial or reverse his/her denial and grant the requested exemption.
Official ordinance text can be found here. Any denial of exemption may be appealed as provided for in Section 10-153(d) of the City Code.

Owner Contact Information

Owner information is required.

If you are not the owner but you are the primary contact for this building, please fill out the owner information in this section and then select "No" when responding to the "Is the Building Owner the Primary Contact?" question to enter your contact information into the Primary Contact Information section.

If owned by a corporation, association, or a group of individuals, please put N/A for 'First Name' and 'Last Name' and continue filling in the remainder of the form fields.

First Name *

Last Name *

Owner Organization

Owner Phone Number *

Owner Email Address *

Is the Building Owner the Primary Contact? *

Primary Contact Information

If the building's primary contact differs from the owner contact, all fields in this section are required. If you are only submitting owner contact information, please change your selection for 'Is the Building Owner the Primary Contact?' above.

First Name *

Last Name *

Phone Number *

Email Address *

Relationship to the Building? *

Building Information

Covered Building Address *

City *

State *

Zip/Postal Code *

Exemption Options

Miami Building ID * 🛈

Reporting Year? *

Is this building public or private? * 🛈

Miami Building ID - This is a unique code assigned to the building. If you need help determining your ID, please consult this building ID lookup tool

Please provide a short narrative describing your request for exemption. *

Benchmarking is not required for a covered public property for the current reporting year if the owner submits documentation to the director establishing that the property has met one of the following conditions: *

The property does not have a certificate of occupancy or temporary certificate of occupancy for all 12 months of the calendar year being benchmarked.

A demolition permit for the entire building was issued for the calendar year being benchmarked, provided that demolition work has commenced and legal occupancy was no longer possible prior to end of that year.

The property did not receive energy or water services for the entire calendar year to be benchmarked.

The covered property had average physical occupancy of less than 50 percent throughout the calendar year for which benchmarking is required.

Property is owned or operated by Miami-Dade County, the State of Florida or the Federal Government.

Benchmarking is not required for a covered private property for the current reporting year if an owner submits documentation with the director in such form and with such evidence as required by the director establishing that the property has met one of the following conditions: *

The director determines that due to special circumstances unique to the applicant's facility and not based on a condition caused by actions of the applicant, strict compliance with provisions of this article would cause undue hardship or would not be in the public's best interest.

The owner notifies the Director that the property is under financial hardship and provides proof of the same.

The covered property may be exempted from electricity benchmarking if more than 50 percent of gross floor area is used for residential purposes and the property is not master metered or the owner does not have access to master meters or other means to obtain whole-building electricity data; and the serving electric utility does not provide data aggregation services or access to whole-building utility data. Once such services are available from the Utility as determined by the director, such properties will no longer be exempt from benchmarking requirements and shall file initial benchmarking reports in the first required reporting year following such data availability.

The property does not have a certificate of occupancy or temporary certificate of occupancy for all 12 months of the calendar year being benchmarked.

The property did not receive energy or water services for the entire calendar year to be benchmarked.

The covered property had average physical occupancy of less than 50 percent throughout the calendar year for which benchmarking is required.

Property is owned or operated by Miami-Dade County, the State of Florida or the Federal Government.

Please attach supporting documentation to demonstrate eligibility for the exemption(s) indicated in this form (if applicable).

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Submission

Sign below to verify the information you have provided is true and accurate. Misrepresenting any information in these documents may lead to a rejection of the request and may result in a fine. *

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