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Short-term rental rules in Neptune Beach, FL
How Neptune Beach regulates short-term rentals: the rules that apply, their sources, and pending changes.
Short-term rentals here operate under a registration or permit system with ongoing operating rules.
- In-force, actively enforced STR-specific prohibition (Sec. 27-225(1)): short-term rentals are prohibited in residential districts
- 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
Summary of the rule
Short-term rentals and commercial activities (except home-based businesses) are prohibited in all residential zoning districts.
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