Costa Del Sol Ass'n v. State, Department of Business & Professional Regulation, Division of Florida Land Sales, Condominiums, & Mobile Homes

SCHWARTZ, Senior Judge.

In a declaratory statement, the Department of Business and Professional Regulation, Division of Florida Land Sales, Condominiums, and Mobile Homes, held that items, such as Jacuzzis, trellises, and elaborate screen enclosures, which were purchased, installed, may be removed, and are usable only by individual unit owners are nevertheless “condominium property,” which under section 718.111(11), Florida Statutes (2006),1 must be insured by the *736association, merely because they are located on the patio outside, rather than inside, the individual unit.2 Of course, we reverse.

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