When he converted Mar-A-Lago to a club. The legal document states that the club CANNOT be used as a private residence unless the entire property is converted back to a private residence. It is very specific and also limits the amount of time that club member may use their apartments.
Here is the complete agreement: https://context-cdn.washingtonpost.com/notes/prod/default/documents/acba1057-0ae4-4b51-8566-d0974a0c42da/note/77d00f95-858e-416b-97e0-5076fa196373.#page=1
From the agreement:
The guest suites as set forth in the Plan shall be limited to the use of Club members, shall be limited to ten (10) in number, shall not be open to the public, and shall not be advertised. No kitchen or other food preparation facilities shall be allowed in any of the guest suites. The use of guest suites shall be limited to a maximum of three (3) non-consecutive seven (7) day periods by any one member during the year. The operations of the Club shall not result in a nuisance to any of the neighboring properties.
The Land, as described herein, shall be considered as one ( 1) parcel and no portion thereof may be sold, transferred, devised or assigned except in its entirety, either voluntarily or involuntarily, by operation of law or otherwise. This provision shall not preclude the dedication of right-of-way for road improvements required by governmental authority. No portion of the Land or structures thereon shall be condominiumized or changed to a cooperative form of ownership. This provision shall survive the use of the property as a club and shall apply to any subsequent use of the property.
If the Club use is unintentionally abandoned for a period of one (1) year after the Club has been in operation, or is intentionally abandoned at any time, the use of the Land shall revert to a single family residence and the ownership of the Owner. Bylaws and or documents relating to the Club membership shall include an agreement to be executed by Club members acknowledging their understanding of and consent to the terms of this agreement, and specifically agreeing to the reversion of the Land to Owner, and its return of the Land to use as a single family residence, in the event of intentional or unintentional abandonment of the Club use. Owner, Club, and Club members shall agree to hold the Town harmless from any liability or claim against the Town resulting from the enforcement of the terms of this Agreement, the reversion to single family use, the reversion to Owner or any other claims resulting therefrom .
By using the club as his primary residence Trump is violating the agreement. Mar-A-Lago should forcably be returned to a private residence and Trump should have to pay single family residential taxes on the entire property - which is what he was trying to get out of by converting it to a club.
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