08/01/1976 to 07/31/1986....07/26/1976
July 28, 1976
The Greater Marathon Challlber O~.Co.lIllllerCe
3330 Overseas Highway
Marathon, Florida
Dear Sir:
Enclosed please find 2 o~iqitlal Cqpi~s. o.f~qQl.~asebElt1!eeIl
the Marathon Chamber of .G.olllmerce .&114 J10,rU:~E\ GO,.UlltY. Which .was
approved by the Board o! "Cou1'\tY Go,lQllli, SsJ,01'\e.rs at. the ir
meeting on July 27.
Please execute and returll .O,1'\e .signed co,PY t.o the IJnder::signe.d.
Thank you.
Very t~uly yours,
RALPH W.., WH ITE
Clerk of Circuit Court
and ex officio Clerk _
Board of County Commissi~ners
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cc: file
Enclosures
SUB LEA S E
THIS INDENTURE OF SUBLEASE, Made and entered into this
26
day of
July
, A. D. 1976, by and between the MARATHON
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, Marathon, Monroe County, Florida, hereinafter
called the Lessor, and MONROE COUNTY, hereinafter called the
Lessee.
WIT N E SSE T H
That the Lessor, for and in consideration of the rentals
hereinafter reserved and in future consideration of the covenants
hereinafter contained to be kept and performed by the said Lessee,
does hereby let and demise unto the said Lessee a parcel of land
at Marathon, Florida, 100 feet wide and North of the present Marathon
Chamber of Commerce Recreation building, and being more particularly
described as follows:
A portion of that property formerly leased by the
OVERSEAS ROAD AND TOLL BRIDGE DISTRICT to the
MARATHON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE being a part of Govern-
ment Lot I, Section 9, Township 66 South, Range 32
East, on KEY VACA, Marathon, Monroe County, Florida,
and being a strip of land 100 feet wide and lying
Northerly of the existing Marathon Chamber of Com-
merce Recreation building, the Easterly boundary
being the Easterly boundary line of the property
heretofore leased by the OVERSEAS ROAD AND TOLL
BRIDGE DISTRICT to the MARATHON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE;
the Southerly line being a line 100 feet long and
perpendicular to said Easterly property line of
the MARATHON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE and lying 50 feet
Northerly of the Northerly wall of said l1ARATHON
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RECREATION BUILDING; the
Northerly boundary of which shall be the shoreline
of the Bay of Florida.
TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the said premises and/or property unto
the said Lessee, commencing on the 1st
day of August, A.D. 1976,
and ending on the 31st day of
July, A.D. 1986, the Lessee yield-
ing and paying unto the Lessor a rental of $1.00 per annum for each
year of the said Sublease, payable in advance on the 1st day of
August, of each rental year.
The Lessee hereby covenants with the Lessor as follows:
1.
To pay the rental herein reserved in the manner and at the
time hereinbefore specified, in lawful money of the United States
of America, and should said rental or any installment thereof, as
herein provided, remain due and unpaid for a period of ten (10)
consecutive days after the same shall have become due and payable,
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the Lessor may, at its option, consider the Lessee a tenant at
sufferance and Lessor may immediately enter upon said premises and
take possession thereof, and in such event or in the event of any
other default by the Lessee upon the terms, conditions, and coven-
ants herein contained, the Lessee shall not be entitled to any
refund, rebate, accounting for rents, or the repayment of any sums
whatosever in connection with, or by reason of, this Sublease, or
the Lessee's occupancy thereunder.
2.
This Sublease shall not be assigned nor the premises sublet
in whole or in part, without the written consent of the Lessor,
either by outright assignment or sublease of same, or by any other
means, directly or indirectly. Breach of this covenant shall con-
stitute a default under the terms of this Sublease, entitling the
Lessor, at its option, to exercise any of the rights and privileges
herein granted for the benefit of the Lessor in the event of a
breach of any of the covenants of this Sublease.
3.
The property and/or premises shall be used by the Lessee
for the following purposes only, to-wit:
Development of recreational facilities for the public
benefit and enjoyment. The property hereby subleased shall be put
into use for public purposes within 12 months from the date hereof
and used continuously thereafter for public purposes. This Sub-
lease shall automatically terminate and the subleased premises
revert to the Lessor in the event of any of the subleased premises
being used for commercial or business purposes during the term of
this Sublease.
4.
The said Lessee shall so conduct the operations of the
business as to exclude the emanation of obnoxious odors from the
premises and/or property. Breach of this covenant shall constitute
a default under the terms of this Sublease, entitling the Lessor,
at its option, to exercise any of the rights and privileges herein
granted for the benefit of the Lessor in the event of a breach of
any of the covenants of this Sublease.
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Said Lessee shall construct on said premises only such
structures, buildings and improvements as shall be prescribed or
approved by the Lessor. No additions, alterations or improvements
shall be made unless the sane shall have first been approved in
writing by the Lessor.
6.
The Lessee agrees to keep the interior and exterior of
said premises including all windows, doors, glass, interior walls,
pipes, plumbing and electric wiring, machinery, and other fixtures
and interior and exterior appurtenances in good and substantial
repair and clean condition.
7.
The Lessee shall promptly execute and comply with all
statutes, ordinances, rules, orders, regulations and requirements
of the Federal, State and District Governments, and of any and
all their Departments and Bureaus applicable to said premises, for
the correction, prevention and abatement of nuisances and other
grievances, in, upon, or connected with said premises, during said
term, and shall also promptly comply with and execute all rules,
orders and regulations of the Southeastern Underwriters Association
for the prevention of fires, at Lessee's own cost and expense.
8.
If the Lessee shall abandon or vacate said premises before
the end of the term of this Sublease, or shall suffer the rent to
be in arrears, the Lessor may, at its option, forthwith cancel this
Sublease, by force or otherwise, and relet the premises with or
without any furniture or equipment that may be therein, at such
price and upon such terms and for such duration of time as the
Lessor may determine, and receive the rent therefor, applying the
same to the rent due by these presents, and if the full rental
herein reserved shall not be realized by the Lessor over and above
the expenses to the Lessor in such reletting, said Lessee shall
pay any deficiency, provided, however, that any sum or sums over
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and above the full rental herein reserved, after having deducted
the expense of such reletting, shall accrue to the benefit of the
Lessor.
9.
The Lessee agrees that it will pay all charges and costs
incurred by it in the operation of the premises and/or property
. herein subleased, or otherwise, and that it will save the said
Lessor harmless from any action, suit or other legal proceeding
instituted by its creditors, and that breach of this covenant shall
constitute a default under the terms of this Sublease, entitling
the Lessor, at its option, to exercise any of the rights and privi-
leges herein granted for the benefit of the Lessor in event of a
breach of any of the covenants of this Sublease.
10.
Lessee expressly waives all claims for injury to his
person, employees, clients, customers, guests, agents or servants,
his, or their property, caused from any incident occurring on or
in the property of the Lessor covered by this Sublease from what-
ever cause.
11.
That the Lessee will not permit said demised premises or
any part thereof to be used so as to constitute a nuisance or for
any illegal, immoral, or improper purpose, or in violation of any
laws, rules or statutes of the United States of America, State of
Florida, County of Monroe, and will comply with all laws and regula-
tions in anywise affecting or pertaining to the operation, use or
occupancy of said premises.
12.
That if the Lessee shall not pay the rental herein re-
served at the time and in the manner stated herein, or shall fail
to keep and perform any other condition, stipulation, or agreement
herein contained on the part of the Lessee to be performed, or
if the Lessee shall be adjudged voluntary bankrupt, or make an assign-
ment for the benefit of creditors, or should there be appointed a
receiver to take charge of Lessee's property either in the State
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Courts or in the Federal Court, then, in any such event or either
of them, the Lessor may, at its option, terminate and end this
Sublease and re-enter the demised premises without the necessity
of giving notice or of taking legal proceedings to accomplish such
re-entry upon the property, whereupon, the term hereby granted
and, at the Lessor's option, all right, title and interest of the
Lessee hereunder, shall end, the Lessee shall become a tenant at
sufferance or else, the Lessor may, at its option, elect to declare
the entire rent for the balance of the term or any part thereof
due and payable forthwith and may proceed to collect the same, either
by distress, foreclosure or otherwise, and thereupon the said
Lessor may take possession of the said premises and/or property,
including the chattels, goods and personal property of the Lessee;
the exercise of any of the above privileges herein contained shall
not be deemed the exclusive remedy of the Lessor; the expression
"entire rental for the balance of the term" as used herein, shall
mean all of the rent provided to be paid by the Lessee unto the
Lessor for the full term of the Sublease, less, however, any pay-
ments that shall have been made on account of and pursuant to the
terms of said Sublease. It is further agreed that in addition to
the other remedies herein prescribed, that in event of the Lessee's
default as aforesaid, Lessor may apply to a Court of competent
jurisdiction for the appointment of a Receiver to operate the leased
premises during the remainder of the term.
13.
The Lessor shall have the right at all times to enter
upon and construct, maintain and operate roads, paths, bridges,
automobile parking spaces, toilet houses and other sanitary facili-
ties, electric, telephone, telegraph, water and sewer lines over
any and all of the pieces and parcels of land the use of which is
granted hereunder, but not so as to destroy or seriously interfere
with the structures, buildings and appurtenances theretofore con-
structed by the Lessee thereon.
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14.
It is further understood and agreed that if said property,
or any part thereof, shall ever be required for public road pur-
poses, this Sublease may be cancelled in whole or in part upon
the Lessor giving the Lessee 90 days written notice that said
property, or any part thereof, is required for public road purposes.
Provided, however, that in the event of cancellation under the
terms of this paragraph, the Lessee shall have the right within a
rc~sonable time, to remove all buildings and other property from
th~ premises or fro~ such part thereof as is taken for public road
purposes.
15.
Lessee shall have the right to cancel this Sublease by
giving Lessor 30 days notice in writing of such intention to cancel.
16.
The Lessor hereby covenants with the Lessee that, condi-
tioned upon the performance by the Lessee of all the terms, coven-
ants and conditions herein contained to be kept and performed on the
part of the said Lessee, the said Lessee shall have quiet and peace-
ful enjoyment and occupancy of the premises and all parts thereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereunto have set their
hands and seals, this ~ day of July
, A.D. 1976.
Signed, Sealed and Delivered
in the Presence of:
MARATHON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
( ssor)
By
(Seal)
Attest:
As to the Lessor
MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA
essee)
By
C air-
Com-
As to the Lessee
(Seal)
e Circuit Monroe
, Florida, and ex officio
Clerk of the Board of County Com-
missioners.