City of Myrtle Beach leaders ask most visitors to leave by Sunday at noon

MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (WPDE) — The City of Myrtle Beach is asking most visitors to be out of the city by noon on Sunday, unless they've been here since March 1.

They've also ordered all including hotels, motels, condo hotels, rental properties, inclusive of private management companies and Airbnb, VRBO style lodging, plus public and private campgrounds to stop taking new reservations prior to May 1.

They also ordered that existing reservations starting Saturday through April 30 to be rescheduled or canceled.

The order would not include units in those properties that are used as permanent residences.

The order comes during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The City of North Myrtle Beach made a similar order Thursday.

The city manager also ordered all amusement businesses designed to attract visitors to close Friday including, but not limited to movie theaters, live performance theaters, all golf courses and mini golf in the city limits, amusement parks and arcades.

Finally, the city manager is asking for all residents to continue to wash hands, disinfect home/work surfaces and to practice even more stringent social distancing procedures.

"Business who are open - must follow CDC sanitation procedures and establish safe distancing guidelines between customer and employee," the request reads.

You can read the full resolution below: