Sec. 380.102. - Definitions.
As used in this Part:
Biohazardous waste means any solid waste or liquid waste which may present a threat of infection to humans. The term includes, but is not limited to non-liquid human tissue and body parts; laboratory and veterinary waste which contain human disease-causing agents; used disposal sharps; human blood, and human blood products and body fluids; and other materials which, in the opinion of the Department of Health, represent a significant risk of infection to persons outside the generating facility.
Biomedical waste means any solid or liquid waste which may present a threat of infection to humans, including nonliquid tissue, body part, blood, blood products and body fluids from humans and other primates; laboratory and veterinary wastes which contain human disease-causing agents; and discarded sharps. The following are also included:
(a) Used absorbent materials saturated with blood, blood products, body fluids, or excretions or secretions contaminated with visible blood; and absorbent materials saturated with blood or blood products that have dried.
(b) Non-absorbent, disposable devices that have been contaminated with blood, body fluids, or secretions or excretions visibly contaminated with blood, but have not been treated by a method listed in Section 381.0098, Florida Statutes, or a method approved pursuant to Chapter 64E-16, F.A.C.
Biomedical waste treatment facility means a facility that is authorized to receive biomedical waste for treatment.
Category I special waste means wastes that are light, difficult to handle, subject to airborne dust and as such create potentially unsafe or unhealthy conditions for employees and which require pre-acceptance preparation and special handling procedures during disposal (i.e., asbestos, fly ash, powdery chemicals, etc.).
Category II special waste means wastes requiring special acceptance procedures and monitoring pursuant to the City's special waste management policies, but which required no special site preparation for disposal on the landfill working area.
Category III special wastes means wastes that are prohibited by law or regulation from landfill disposal (i.e., whole tires, white goods, lead acid batteries), but which nevertheless are deposited at the landfill working area and are removed from the working area for on-site storage and further handling.
Category IV special wastes means wastes that are prohibited by law from landfill disposal (i.e., whole tires, white goods, lead acid batteries and used motor oil) which are deposited by the transporter at the on-site storage area and held for further handling.
Certificate means a certificate of public convenience and necessity issued under this Part.
Class I waste means solid waste that is not hazardous waste, and that is not prohibited from disposal in a lined landfill under Rule 62-701.300, F.A.C.
Class III waste means yard trash, construction and demolition debris, processed tires, asbestos, carpet, cardboard, paper, glass, plastic, furniture other than appliances, or other materials approved by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, that are not expected to produce leachate that poses a threat to public health or the environment.
Clean debris means any solid waste which is virtually inert and which is not a pollution threat to groundwater or surface waters and is not a fire hazard and which is likely to retain its physical and chemical structure under expected conditions of disposal or use. The term includes uncontaminated concrete, including embedded pipe or steel, brick, glass, ceramics and other wastes designated by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection.
Clean debris recycling facility means a facility that is authorized to receive and recycle clean debris.
Clean wood means wood, including lumber, tree and shrub trunks, branches, and limbs, which is free of paint, glue, varnish, filler, pentachlorophenol, creosote, tar, asphalt, chromated copper arsenate and other wood preservatives or treatments.
Closure means the cessation of operation of a solid waste management facility and the act of securing such a facility so that it will pose no significant threat to human health or the environment.
Conditionally exempt business sources means businesses which meet the definition and conditions found in 40 CFR 261.5 which pertains to special requirements for hazardous waste generated by conditionally exempt small quantity generators.
Construction and demolition debris means discarded materials generally considered to be not water-soluble and nonhazardous in nature, including, but not limited to, steel, glass, brick, concrete, asphalt material, pipe, gypsum wallboard, and lumber, from the construction or destruction of a structure as part of a construction or demolition project or from the renovation of a structure, including such debris from construction of structures at a site remote from the construction or demolition project site. The term includes including rocks, soils, tree remains, trees, and other vegetative matter that normally results from land clearing or land development operations for a construction project; clean cardboard, paper, plastic, wood, and metal scraps from a construction project; except as provided in Section 403.707(9)(j), F.S., unpainted, non-treated wood scraps from sources other than construction or demolition projects; scrap from manufacturing facilities that is the type of material generally used in construction projects and that would meet the definition of construction and demolition debris if it were generated as part of a construction or demolition project, including debris from the construction of manufactured homes and scrap shingles, wallboard, siding, concrete, and similar materials from industrial or commercial facilities and de minimis amounts of other non-hazardous wastes that are generated at construction or demolition projects, provided such amounts are consistent with best management practices of the construction and demolition industries. Mixing of construction and demolition debris with other types of solid waste will cause it to be classified as other than construction and demolition debris.
Construction and demolition debris recycling facility means a facility that is authorized to receive and recycle construction and demolition debris.
Director means the Manager of the Office of Administrative Services.
Disposal means the discharge, deposit, injection, dumping, spilling, leaking, or placing of any solid waste into or upon any land or water so that such solid waste or any constituent thereof may enter other lands or be emitted into the air or discharged into any waters, including ground waters, or otherwise enter the environment.
Flammable liquids means liquids which readily burn and will pass through a one-quarter inch screen without mechanical assistance. Flammable liquids may not contain pesticides, PCB's or other substances which would render them unsuitable for use as fuel in industrial boilers and furnaces.
Formal Written Payable Citation means a monetary fine levied for a violation that is documented in writing on a standard form by an individual authorized to issue such on behalf of a government entity.
Fuel blendable materials means liquids or sludges which do not qualify for disposal as flammable liquids but can be made to qualify by mixing them with sufficient quantities of flammable liquids.
Generation means the act or process of producing solid or hazardous waste.
Hazardous waste means solid waste, or a combination of solid wastes, which, because of its quantity, concentration or physical, chemical or infectious characteristics, may cause or significantly contribute to an increase in mortality or an increase in serious irreversible or incapacitating reversible illness or may pose a substantial present or potential hazard to human health or the environment when improperly transported, disposed of, stored, treated or otherwise managed. The term shall be inclusive of hazardous waste as described in Chapter 62-730, F.A.C. The term does not include human remains that are disposed of by persons licensed under F.S. Ch. 497.
Host Fee has the meaning as described in City Ordinance Section 380, Part 4.
Incinerator means a combustion apparatus designed for the ignition and burning of solid, semi-solid, liquid or gaseous combustible wastes.
Incinerator facility means a facility authorized to accept solid waste for the purpose of incineration.
Inspected wastes means wastes that the manager of a disposal facility deems necessary to inspect on a per load basis so as to protect the environment or for the safety of landfill workers and customers.
Land clearing debris means rocks, soils, tree remains, trees, and other vegetative matter that normally results from land clearing or land development operations for a construction project. Land clearing debris does not include vegetative matter from lawn maintenance, commercial or residential landscape maintenance, right-of-way or easement maintenance, farming or agricultural/silvicultural operations, nursery operations, or any other sources not related directly to a construction project.
Landfill means a solid waste disposal facility, which is an area of land or an excavation where wastes are or have been placed for disposal, for which a permit, other than a general permit, is required by F.S. § 403.707. This term shall not include:
(a) A land spreading site;
(b) A surface impoundment;
(c) An injection well defined under and subject to the provisions of Chapter 62-528, Florida Administrative Code; or
(d) A construction and demolition debris disposal site regulated by Rule 62-701.730, Florida Administrative Code.
Leachate means liquid that has passed through or emerged from solid waste and may contain soluble, suspended or miscible materials.
Materials recovery means any process by which one or more of the various components in solid waste is separated and concentrated for reuse.
Off specification waste means wastes that require a manifest and that are received for deposit either without a manifest or not as specified on the accompanying manifest.
Operation with respect to any solid waste management facility, means the disposal, storage or processing of solid waste at and by any facility.
Other category solid waste management facility means, for purposes of this Section, a facility that is not a solid waste disposal facility, landfill, incinerator facility, biomedical waste treatment facility, regulated garbage treatment facility, yard trash recycling facility, clean debris recycling facility, construction and demolition debris recycling facility or transfer station.
Person has the meaning given to it in Section 1.102(11), Ordinance Code of the City of Jacksonville and in addition includes any officer, employee, agent, department or instrumentality of the Federal Government, any state, municipality, or political subdivision of the State, or of any foreign government.
Processing means any technique designed to change the physical, chemical, or biological character or composition of any solid waste so as to render it safe for transport, amenable to recovery, storage or recycling; safe for disposal; or reduced in volume or concentration.
Putrescible waste means solid waste that contains organic matter capable of being decomposed by microorganisms and of such a character and proportion as to be capable of attracting or providing food for birds. The term does not include uncontaminated yard trash or clean wood.
Recovered materials means metal, paper, glass, plastic, textile, or rubber materials that have known recycling potential, can be feasibly recycled, and have been diverted and source separated or have been removed from the solid waste stream for sale, use, or reuse as raw materials, whether or not the materials require subsequent processing or separation from each other, but does not include materials destined for any use that constitutes disposal. Recovered materials as described above are not solid waste.
Recovered screen material means the fines fraction, consisting of soil and other small materials, derived from the processing or recycling of construction and demolition debris which passes through a final screen size no greater than ¾ of an inch.
Recycling means any process by which solid waste, or materials which would otherwise become solid waste, are collected, separated, or processed and reused or returned to use in the form of raw materials or products.
Regulated garbage means that certain garbage regulated pursuant to 9 C.F.R. § 94.5.
Regulated garbage treatment facility means a facility that is authorized to receive regulated garbage for treatment.
Resource recovery means the process of recovering materials or energy from solid waste, excluding those materials or solid waste under control of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Sanitary nuisance shall have the meaning given it in the Health Code, Section 460.106(a), Ordinance Code, as may be amended or renumbered from time to time.
Sludge means a solid waste pollution control residual which is generated by any industrial or domestic wastewater treatment plant, water supply treatment plant, air pollution control facility, septic tank, grease trap, portable toilet or related operation, or any other such waste having similar characteristics. Sludge may be a solid, liquid, or semi-solid waste but does not include the treated effluent from a wastewater treatment plant.
Sludge disposal or utilization site means any land site in the General Services District which is intended to be used for the disposal or utilization of sludge from a septic system or similar waste disposal device, including residue from a grease trap, and from any sanitary sewer treatment facility permitted by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection.
Solid waste includes garbage, refuse, yard trash, clean debris, white goods, special waste, ashes, sludge or other discarded material, including solid, liquid, semi-solid or contained gaseous material resulting from domestic, industrial, commercial, mining, agricultural or governmental operations.
Solid waste disposal facility means any solid waste management facility which is the final resting place for solid waste, including landfills and incineration facilities that produce ash from the process of incinerating municipal solid waste.
Solid waste management means the process by which solid waste is collected, transported, stored, separated, processed or disposed of in any other way, according to an orderly, purposeful and planned program which includes closure.
Solid waste management facility means any solid waste disposal area, volume reduction plant, transfer station, or other facility, the purpose of which is resource recovery or the disposal, recycling, processing or storage of solid waste. The term does not include facilities which use or ship recovered materials unless such facilities are managing solid waste.
Special wastes means solid waste that can require special handling and management, including but not limited to, white goods, waste tires, used oil, lead-acid batteries, construction and demolition debris, ash residue, yard trash, biological wastes, and mercury-containing devices and lamps.
Transfer station means a facility the primary purpose of which is to store or hold solid waste for transport to a processing or disposal facility. Operations at such facilities may include separation of incidental amounts of recyclable materials or unauthorized waste.
Treatment means any process, including but not limited to steam, chemicals, microwave shredding, or incineration, which changes the character or composition of waste to render it noninfectious by disinfection or sterilization.
Unauthorized waste means any type of waste that is not allowed to be accepted or managed at a solid waste management facility in accordance with rule or statutory requirements or permit conditions.
White goods includes inoperative and discarded refrigerators, ranges, washers, water heaters, freezers and other similar domestic and commercial large appliances.
Yard trash means vegetative matter resulting from landscaping maintenance or land clearing operations and includes materials such as tree and shrub trimmings, grass clippings, palm fronds, trees and tree stumps and associated rocks and soils.
Yard trash recycling facility means a facility authorized to receive and recycle yard trash.
(Ord. 70-650-526; Ord. 71-397-181; Ord. 71-492-196, § 1; Ord. 78-1089-546, § 1; Ord. 83-591-400, § 1; Ord. 85-838-439, § 1; Ord. 90-296-169, § 2; Ord. 91-919-367, § 1; Ord. 93-1442-1138, § 1; Ord. 94-144-121, § 8; Ord. 94-187-84, § 1; Ord. 2017-431-E, § 1; Ord. 2019-111-E, § 1; Ord. 2025-30-E, § 15)
