Officials in Long Beach Township have decided to extend, until May 15, the municipality’s order prohibiting short-term rentals of residential properties, as New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy continues to mandate that residents stay home to prevent the spread of COVID-19. Short-term rentals are defined as rentals of 21 days or fewer.

“We will be updating that if the state moves it back,” township Mayor Joseph Mancini said of the state order. “We’ll be matching that.”