Jacksonville Beach, FL Short-Term Rentals: Noise Rules (2026)

Jacksonville Beach handles short-term rental noise through two hooks in § 34-731. The first is subsection (c)(8), which says any other standards in the Code of Ordinances and in Chapter 34, the Land Development Code, apply to short-term vacation rentals, naming noise limits, setbacks, stormwater and similar provisions. The section does not restate a decibel number or a distance standard, so the noise limits that bind a rental are those printed elsewhere in the Code.

The second hook is the required posting in subsection (i). On the back of or next to the main entrance door, or on the refrigerator, the rental must carry a single-page document. Among its contents is a notice that quiet hours are to be observed between 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. daily, or in compliance with any and all city regulations. The same page must list the name, address and phone number of the responsible party and the maximum occupancy of the unit, along with parking, trash day, sea turtle, emergency number and hospital information.

The responsible party is the person who answers noise complaints. Under subsection (g), that party must be reachable 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and be willing and able to come to the unit within one hour after notification from an occupant, the owner or a city official. The lease must also carry the maximum occupancy, which limits the size of a gathering the unit can lawfully host.