Legal Question in Landlord & Tenant Law in Florida

I am renting a unit, from a private owner, in a condo building in Miami FL. My lease is up at the end of March and I am moving out. I was told I needed to reserve the service elevator for my move-out, so I called to make the arrangements with the building management and was told that there was a $150 service elevator move out fee. (non-refundable) I argued it. I was told that it was written in the rules and regulations that this fee was required. I looked through my copy of the rules and it said nothing about a move-out fee, only a $100 refundable service elevator deposit if you were having something delivered. I told the property manager this and was then told that the rules and regulations changed in June and that I could have picked up a copy of the new rules in the lobby or mail room. I told the building manager that I never signed anything agreeing to this fee, that the copy of the rules I have say nothing about the fee, and my lease says nothing about the fee. She then told me that this fee has been in effect since the condo's inception. Curious that it is left out of the copy of regulations that I have then. She is still insisting that I must pay this fee to use the service elevator for my move-out. Given the info that I have provided am I still obligated to pay this fee?

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