Several NE FL counties getting green light to reopen vacation rentals

Jacksonville FL — Ahead of the long Memorial Day weekend, several counties in northeast Florida are getting the green light from the state to reopen vacation rental properties. Wednesday the Department of Business & Professional Regulation approved the plans submitted for Duval, Nassau and St. Johns Counties.

The plan submitted for Duval County says there will be limits for guests traveling from cities with populations of more than a million from a coronavirus hotspot. Included in the guidelines is a 10-person limit for the rental properties and proper cleaning and social distancing measures still need to be followed by visitors and staff.

St. Johns County is also limiting where people in the U.S. can travel in from to get a place. They say their plan prohibits reservations or visitors from states with more than 500 cases per every 100,000 residents. Those states include Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, and Rhode Island, and the District of Columbia as of now. The county says that list will be updated as states rise or fall below the 500 cases per 100,000 residents threshold.

We reported Wednesday when Clay County officials announced they submitted plans to reopen vacation rentals. They say they hope to have them reopened by Friday and they are waiting to hear back by Thursday from the state.