City Watch — Neptune Beach
Pending STR legislation and regulatory rating tracking for Neptune Beach.
- In-force, actively-enforced STR-specific prohibition at primary (Sec. 27-225(1)): short-term rentals prohibited in residential districts — a present STR-specific device keeps the city ABOVE Unrestricted
- The STR-explicit prohibition's operative wording was added by Ord. 2022-03 (post-2011-06-01), so it is PREEMPTED under Fla. Stat. §509.032(7)(b) — enforceability caps at the Regulated ceiling, below Restrictive
- Direct parity with neighboring Atlantic Beach (USFL072): both carry an enforced post-2011 residential STR prohibition preempted to the Regulated ceiling
Based on: Neptune Beach Land Development Code (Code of Ordinances Ch. 27). The ONLY primary text that explicitly names short-term
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Monitoring Neptune Beach · system last checked Sep 20, 2026
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