The problem is short-term rentals aren’t allowed in that residential zone under the current Volusia County ordinance, a fact neighbors brought to the attention of code enforcement.

Officials are now conducting a mass debris removal operation for households in unincorporated areas, as well as those along county-maintained roads.

Central Florida is bracing for the potential of heavy rainfall and localized flooding this week as a tropical disturbance in the Atlantic moves westward toward the Gulf.