Jacksonville Beach, FL Short-Term Rentals: Short-Term Rental Permits (2026)

Section 34-731(b) opens by allowing short-term vacation rentals in all zoning districts where residential use is a permitted or conditional use, but only for rentals that comply with the section. It then bars any person from renting or leasing a dwelling unit, or any portion of one, as a short-term vacation rental without meeting a stack of conditions "initially and on a continuing basis."

The first condition is the Jacksonville Beach short-term vacation rental registration certificate. The second is a county business tax receipt from the Consolidated City of Jacksonville and Duval County. The third is a local business tax receipt from the City of Jacksonville Beach under Chapter 15 of the Code. The fourth is a Florida Department of Revenue certificate of registration for collecting and remitting sales surtaxes, transient rental taxes and other taxes. The fifth is a Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation license as a transient public lodging establishment. The sixth is an active account with the Duval County Tax Collector for tourist development taxes. The seventh is an affidavit showing initial and ongoing compliance with the section's standards, the Florida Fire Prevention Code, the Florida Building Code, F.S. § 509.215, and Florida Administrative Code Chapters 61C and 69A.

The certificate itself is governed by subsection (d): the property owner must apply for and receive it before using the unit, and it must be renewed annually. Under subsection (f)(1), an inspection for compliance is required before an initial certificate issues, and the local fire official or designee performs it. If violations turn up, they must be corrected and the unit reinspected before the certificate is issued.