GENERAL PROVISIONS

Jacksonville Ordinance Code tit. XXI, ch. 748, pt. 1

in effect

Jacksonville Ordinance Code § 748.101 Short title.

Sec. 748.101. - Short title. This Chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Streets and Highways Five-Year Road Program Ordinance. (Ord. 78-329-131, § 1; Ord. 78-744-361, § 1; Ord. 83-591-400, § 1)

Jacksonville Ordinance Code § 748.102 Purpose.

Sec. 748.102. - Purpose. The purpose of this Chapter is to provide a uniform method of receiving, applying and accounting for the surplus gas tax revenues accruing and available to the City under the State Constitution and pursuant to the provisions of the State Transportation Code, and to provide the manner in which the Council will review and the Mayor will administer the City streets and highways road program funded by these revenues. (Ord. 78-329-131, § 1; Ord. 83-591-400, § 1)

Jacksonville Ordinance Code § 748.103 Scope.

Sec. 748.103. - Scope. Unless otherwise provided herein, this Chapter shall govern the operations of the Streets and Highways Division with respect to construction, reconstruction and periodic maintenance of the City streets and highways system funded by the surplus gas tax revenues. (Ord. 78-329-131, § 1; Ord. 83-591-400, § 1; Ord. 2018-194-E, § 2)

Jacksonville Ordinance Code § 748.104 Exercise of City and County authority.

Sec. 748.104. - Exercise of City and County authority. In enacting this Chapter, the City is exercising its authority as a County, pursuant to the authority granted by Section 9, Article VIII of the Constitution of 1885, continued in effect by Section 6(e), Article VIII of the State Constitution, and expressed in Section 3.02 of the Charter. In establishing a consolidated City streets and highways system, the City is exercising its authority as the consolidated City-County government of and within Duval County with jurisdiction and control of all streets, roads, bridges, highways and other public thoroughfares within its territorial boundaries, regardless of distinction as to their status as City streets or County roads under any former governments, except the streets, roads, bridges, highways and other public thoroughfares as are within and under the jurisdiction and control of the State Department of Transportation, the Jacksonville Transportation Authority and the Second, Third, Fourth and Fifth Urban Services Districts. (Ord. 78-329-131, § 1; Ord. 83-591-400, § 1)

Jacksonville Ordinance Code § 748.105 Territorial application.

Sec. 748.105. - Territorial application. This Chapter applies territorially throughout the General Services District but shall apply within the Second, Third, Fourth and Fifth Urban Services Districts only to the extent that the City has responsibility for construction or maintenance of that portion of the City streets and highways system lying within these districts. (Ord. 78-329-131, § 1; Ord. 83-591-400, § 1)

Jacksonville Ordinance Code § 748.106 Definitions.

Sec. 748.106. - Definitions. In this Chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: (a) Cash flow schedule means the document by which work is to be undertaken or completed to accomplish the projects listed on the road program and by which the work is to be paid for from the surplus gas tax funds or otherwise funded. (b) City street system has the same definition as in F.S. § 334.03. (c) Construction means the building of a new road or the complete rebuilding of an existing road such that its estimated life is lengthened or its vehicular carrying capacity by weight or volume of traffic is increased. (d) County road system has the same definition as in F.S. § 334.03. (e) Division means the Right-of-Way and Stormwater Maintenance Division. (f) Emergency means a reasonably unforeseen and sudden obstruction of or deterioration in the surface or supporting structures of a road requiring immediate action to restore the road to a safe traveling condition. (g) J.U.A.T.S. refers to the Jacksonville Urban Area Transportation Study, a transportation coordinating system of the City, managed by a Technical Coordinating Committee and the Jacksonville Urbanized Area Metropolitan Planning Organization. (h) Maintenance includes routine maintenance and periodic maintenance, and: (1) Routine maintenance means minor repairs and associated tasks necessary to maintain a safe and efficient transportation system. The term includes pavement patching; shoulder repair; cleaning and repair of drainage ditches, traffic signs and structures; mowing; bridge inspection and maintenance; pavement striping; litter cleanup and similar activities. (2) Periodic maintenance means an activity which is large in scope and requires a major work effort to restore deteriorated components of the transportation system to a safe and serviceable condition, including the repair of large bridge structures, major repairs to bridges and bridge systems and the mineral sealing or resurfacing of lengthy Sections of roadway. (i) Obligation authority means the authority contained on the road program approved by the Council to obligate the City for the payment of money concurrently with or in advance of appropriations. (j) Project means a planned under-taking to construct a road or related structures (including drainage) or to perform periodic maintenance on a road or related structure (including drainage), which undertaking is self-contained and will generally be constructed or performed as a unit or within a definite period of time, although this definition shall not be construed to exclude a project that is designed to be completed in distinct phases. The term project includes all engineering, design, right-of-way and easement acquisition, construction, contract administration, construction engineering and inspection related to the undertaking. (k) Road means a way open to travel by the public, including, but not limited to, a street, highway, or alley. The term includes associated sidewalks, the roadbed, the right-of-way, and all culverts, drains, sluices, ditches, water storage areas, waterways, embankments, slopes, retaining walls, bridges, tunnels, and viaducts necessary for the maintenance of travel and all ferries used in connection therewith. (l) Road program means the document listing the projects for construction of roads in the City streets and highways system using the surplus gas tax funds, and all amendments thereof, approved by the Council as provided in Part 2. (m) Surplus gas tax funds means and includes the 80 percent portion of the fifth and sixth cents of the second gas tax levied by Section 16, Article IX of the Constitution of 1885, as amended, and continued by Section 9(c), Article XII of the State Constitution, or so much thereof as is available to the City pursuant to the constitutional and statutory formulas and applicable bond covenants and pledges. (Ord. 78-329-131, § 1; Ord. 78-744-361, § 2; Ord. 83-591-400, § 1; Ord. 2013-209-E, § 22)

Jacksonville Ordinance Code § 748.107 City streets and highways system.

Sec. 748.107. - City streets and highways system. In order that the streets, roads, bridges, highways and other public thoroughfares for which the City has or may in the future have responsibility can be efficiently and effectively constructed, reconstructed and maintained, without duplication of equipment, materials, personnel and administrative costs, the Council hereby combines and consolidates the County road system and the City streets system provided for in F.S. Ch. 334 and establishes the City streets and highways system as the result of the combination and consolidation. The City streets and highways system shall be administered and maintained by the Division as a consolidated system; provided, that where, for the purpose of securing and using grants and other assistance from the federal or State government, it is necessary that the various streets, roads, highways and other public thoroughfares be classified as City streets or County roads or into similar classifications, the City Highway Engineer is authorized to make the classification in accordance with the standards and requirements of the federal or State government, as appropriate. The establishment of the City streets and highways system shall not affect City streets lying within the Second, Third, Fourth or Fifth Urban Services District which are under the jurisdiction and control of the municipal governments in those districts. (Ord. 78-329-131, § 1; Ord. 83-591-400, § 1)

Jacksonville Ordinance Code § 748.108 Acceptance of maintenance responsibility.

Sec. 748.108. - Acceptance of maintenance responsibility. The City hereby accepts the transfer of maintenance responsibility pursuant to F.S. § 335.0415. The City Highway Engineer is designated as the City's representative to the State Department of Transportation and other State agencies during this transfer period, and he shall conduct all negotiations and make all necessary arrangements with the State for this transfer of responsibility. The Real Estate Division shall be responsible for examining deeds and right-of-way maps provided by the State pursuant to F.S. § 337.29 for accuracy and completeness. The Mayor and Corporation Secretary are authorized, without further action by the Council being necessary, to execute appropriate instruments to accomplish the transfers authorized and required by F.S. § 335.0415. (Ord. 78-329-131, § 1; Ord. 83-591-400, § 1)

Jacksonville Ordinance Code § 748.109 Division to administer Chapter.

Sec. 748.109. - Division to administer Chapter. The Division shall be responsible for the administration of this Chapter, except such portions as are the responsibility of the Engineering Division and the Finance and Administration Department. The City Highway Engineer is authorized to make, alter and repeal necessary rules to implement this Chapter and to administer the City streets and highways system, except that, where the Engineering Division or the Finance and Administration Department is required or authorized to act, the City Engineer or the Director of Finance and Administration is authorized to make, alter and amend necessary rules. (Ord. 78-329-131, § 1; Ord. 83-591-400, § 1; Ord. 2016-140-E, § 16)

Source: City of Jacksonville, Ordinance Code and Charter and Related Laws (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/fl/jacksonville/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=TITXXIPUWOUT_CH748STHISY_PT1GEPRFetched: 10/27/2026