Today, the Town of Melbourne Beach will prohibit beachside parking, not just the parking lots next to the beach accesses but also the streets near the beach accesses, will be "no parking". Stay away or risk a ticket. Time to get serious.

Thanks for the info. Seems like a well thought out move for Melbourne Beach - no reason to actually close the beaches preventing permanent residents from using, just as there's no reason to stop a permanent resident from going for a walk in their neighborhood. My biggest concern is still the influx of visitors - it's definitely happening. Local hospitals are already at their brink. (so I hear) The prospect of a hospital being tasked to care of a visitor falling ill, choosing to come here at this time for some non-essential reason, as opposed to staying put in their own community, is disturbing to say the least.