ENVIRONMENT AND CONSERVATION

Jacksonville Ordinance Code tit. V, ch. 111, pt. 7

in effect

Jacksonville Ordinance Code § 111.700 Mimi and Lee Adams Environmental Awards Trust Fund.

Sec. 111.700. - Mimi and Lee Adams Environmental Awards Trust Fund. There is hereby created an account to be known as the Mimi and Lee Adams Environmental Awards Trust Fund, into which shall be deposited all donations and gifts, together with interest thereon, which are given to the City from nongovernmental sources to assist in defraying the expense of administering and awarding the Mimi and Lee Adams Environmental Awards as determined by Executive Order Number 84-69 issued by the Mayor, subject to the terms and conditions of the donation or gift, if any. The trust funds and interest also may be used in a fiscal year for other expenses or projects of the Mimi and Lee Adams Environmental Advisory Board, but only if all expenses of administering and awarding the Mimi and Lee Adams Environmental Awards for that fiscal year have first been defrayed with existing trust funds. The Director of Finance and Administration is authorized and directed to make disbursements from this fund upon the written request of the Chief Administrative Officer. To the extent that disbursements are made, the funds shall be appropriated for the purpose of the disbursement. All monies deposited in this trust fund shall carry over fiscal years to be used for the purposes herein described. (Ord. 84-185-89, § 1; Ord. 84-953-533, § 1; Ord. 2006-422-E, § 28; Ord. 2016-140-E, § 16)

Jacksonville Ordinance Code § 111.705 Keep Jacksonville Beautiful Trust Fund.

Sec. 111.705. - Keep Jacksonville Beautiful Trust Fund. There is created within the General Trust and Agency Fund a trust fund account to be known as the Keep Jacksonville Beautiful Trust Fund, hereinafter called the Fund. The Keep Jacksonville Beautiful: A Clean City Commission, hereinafter called the Commission, created by Executive Order No. 83-54, shall deposit into the fund all donations and contributions of money, including gifts and grants, it receives for its use toward attaining its purposes, functions and goals. All these donations and contributions, as well as the Commission's expenditures and cash balances, shall be accounted for separately within the fund by the Commission. All sums placed into the fund by the Commission are hereby appropriated to the Commission for its use toward attaining its purposes, functions and goals, including tree planting and landscape beautification. The Director of Finance and Administration or his designee is authorized and directed to make disbursements from the fund upon written requisition of the Commission subject to availability of funds in the fund. Nothing in this Section shall prohibit or otherwise limit any appropriations which may be made by the Council to the Commission for use toward attaining its purposes, functions and goals. (Ord. 83-996-552, § 1; Ord. 96-556-321, § 2; Ord. 2006-422-E, § 27; Ord. 2016-140-E, § 16)

Jacksonville Ordinance Code § 111.710 Municipal Landfill Closure and Management Escrow Account.

Sec. 111.710. - Municipal Landfill Closure and Management Escrow Account. (1) In the event the City elects to demonstrate its financial responsibility for the closure and long-term care of any of its municipal landfills pursuant to a Municipal Landfill Closure and Management Escrow Account, the provisions of this Section 110.359 shall be applicable. (2) As used in this Section: (a) Landfill means any municipally owned solid waste land disposal area for which a permit, other than a general permit, is required by F.S. § 403.707, that receives solid waste for disposal in or upon land other than a land-spreading site, injection well or surface impoundment. A landfill includes solid waste disposal areas operating under any Florida Department of Environmental Protection permit or certification which are required to comply with the Department's landfill closure standards. (b) Closure includes, but is not limited to, any activities reasonably necessary to submit a complete application for and obtain a permit to close a landfill, such as gas migration investigation, area information reports and engineered designs, as well as activities required to close the facility, like installing groundwater monitoring and leachate control systems, surface cover, and developing the site for its final use. (c) Long term care includes, but is not limited to, land surface care, gas monitoring; leachate pumping, transportation, monitoring and treatment; and groundwater monitoring, collection and analysis. (3) To provide for the closure and long-term care of municipal landfills that begin operation after December 31, 1990 and as provided in F.S. § 403.7125, there is established an account to be known as the Municipal Landfill Closure and Management Escrow Account to be funded by fees, or surcharges generated from the operations of the respective landfills and by such appropriations as the Council may provide. (4) The amount of each initial and subsequent payment to the escrow account shall be as provided by law. The cost to close each City landfill electing to demonstrate its financial responsibility for closure under this Section shall be estimated annually. If the value of the landfill management escrow account is less than the amount of the estimated closure cost required to be periodically on deposit, funds will be added to the escrow account to eliminate the shortage as provided in F.A.C. 62-701.730. If the value of the landfill management escrow account is greater than the total amount of the estimated closure costs required to be periodically on deposit, the overage may be applied to satisfy any alterative landfill closure costs not electing to demonstrate its financial responsibility pursuant to the escrow account methodology, or otherwise, as the City Council may direct. (5) Expenditures from the escrow account, and its accumulated interest, may be made only for the purpose of landfill closure and long-term care. (6) The funds deposited in this account shall be appropriated by the Council prior to expenditure thereof, upon such appropriation the Director of Finance and Administration is authorized and directed to make distributions from this account upon the written requisition of the Mayor or his designee. If any funds remain in the escrow account, after paying for proper and complete closure and long-term care of landfills electing to demonstrate financial responsibility for closure pursuant to this Section 110.359, the provisions of this Section shall be discharged and such remaining funds may be applied to satisfy any alternative landfill closure costs, or otherwise, as the City Council shall direct. When the City no longer owns or operates any municipal landfill opened after December 31, 1990, then all funds in the escrow accounts, after paying for proper and complete closure and long-term care, may be used for any lawful purpose. (7) The Municipal Landfill Closure and Management Escrow Account shall be audited annually by an independent certified public accountant as part of the City's Single Audit Accounting System. The audit shall comply with the requirements of F.A.C. 62-701.730(5)(c) as may be amended or renumbered from time to time. (Ord. 91-27-17, § 1; Ord. 2006-422-E, § 61; Ord. 2016-140-E, § 16)

Jacksonville Ordinance Code § 111.720 Jacksonville Skeet and Trap Club, Inc. Buffer Land Fund.

Sec. 111.720. - Jacksonville Skeet and Trap Club, Inc. Buffer Land Fund. There is hereby created the Jacksonville Skeet and Trap Club, Inc. Buffer Land Fund (hereinafter the "Fund"), into which shall be deposited the Land Acquisition Fee received by the City pursuant to that certain License Agreement between the City and Jacksonville Skeet and Trap Club, Inc. authorized by 2005-791-E. The revenues in the Fund shall be expended only for the purpose of acquiring buffer land around the lands described in the License Agreement; provided however, in no event will the revenues in the Fund be used to acquire lands through condemnation by right of eminent domain. Subject to the appropriation by the Council, the Director of Finance and Administration is authorized to make disbursements from the fund upon the written requisition of the Director of Public Works. The balance in the Fund shall not lapse at the end of a fiscal year, but instead shall carryover from one fiscal year to the next fiscal year. (Ord. 2005-791-E, § 3; Ord. 2006-422-E, § 122; Ord. 2016-140-E, § 16)

Jacksonville Ordinance Code § 111.750 Air Pollution Control Trust Fund.

Sec. 111.750. - Air Pollution Control Trust Fund. There is established within the General Trust and Agency Funds an account to be known as the Air Pollution Control Trust Fund, into which shall be deposited the fees returned to the City, as Duval County, by the State Department of Environmental Protection pursuant to F.S. § 320.03(6). The funds in this account are subject to appropriation by the Council and shall be used only for air pollution control programs relating to the control of emissions from mobile sources of air pollution and toxic and odor emissions, air quality monitoring and facility inspections pursuant to F.S. Ch. 403 or pursuant to local law. The Director of Finance and Administration is authorized and directed to make disbursements from this fund upon the written requisition of the Director of Environmental Compliance Department or his designee. (Ord. 84-222-97, § 1; Ord. 2006-422-E, § 29; Ord. 2008-513-E, § 1; Ord. 2016-140-E, § 16)

Jacksonville Ordinance Code § 111.755 Environmental Protection Fund.

Sec. 111.755. - Environmental Protection Fund. There shall be an Environmental Protection Fund, as set forth in Section 360.601, hereinafter referred to as the Fund, which shall consist of funds collected by the City under Section 360.308, moneys received as a result of an administrative or judicial proceeding under Section 360.408 except that moneys collected as administrative costs or attorney's fees or costs of litigation shall be paid directly to the City, moneys recovered as punitive damages under Section 360.502, moneys recovered by the City as civil penalties under Chapter 362, Chapter 368 or Chapter 376, and proceeds, less expenses of sale, from the sale of surplus City ash site property sold pursuant to Part 4, Subpart B, Chapter 122, together with interest earned thereon as a result of investments of the principal thereof. The Fund shall be supervised and used by the Environmental Protection Board for the purposes described in Section 360.602, which shall include: (a) To pay the amounts necessary to restore the respective polluted areas which were the subjects of Board action pursuant to Section 360.408. (b) To pay for work needed to restore areas which require more money than the Board was able to obtain by court action or otherwise or to restore areas in which the Board brought suit but was unable to recover any moneys from the alleged violators. (c) To recover the costs and expenses of the Board in administering the Fund. (d) In remittitur to violators as provided in Section 360.408(i). (e) To pay for the removal or remedial actions undertaken by the Director, pursuant to the authority of Section 360.408(b), not to exceed $50,000 for each occurrence, unless the Board approves a greater amount. (f) To fund education and outreach activities, studies, surveys, tests and investigations, as necessary, to implement the duties of the Board, as defined in Section 73.102, Ordinance Code. Such education and outreach activities, studies, surveys, tests and investigations may be conducted by the Department or by entities approved by the Board or by independent contractors and consultants retained for such purposes. Any studies, surveys, tests and investigations shall be special projects of a unique, onetime nature, and shall not be continuing, or ongoing duties, or programs of the Department. Prior to authorizing the use of such funds, pursuant to Section 360.604(c), the Board shall specify the extent, the anticipated use, and if possible, a listing of who may perform such activities as listed herein. After this information is developed, when appropriate, the Board shall provide public notice and an opportunity for hearing and consideration of public comments on the request(s) for and the use of such funds for the proposed activities as listed herein. In no event may such funds be obligated that will reduce funds available for removal and remedial actions, as provided for in Section 360.602(e) below $100,000. (Ord. 2006-422-E, § 30; Ord. 2011-274-E, § 2; Ord. 2018-871-E, § 3)

Jacksonville Ordinance Code § 111.760 Tree Protection and Related Expenses Trust Fund.

Sec. 111.760. - Tree Protection and Related Expenses Trust Fund. There is created within the General Trust and Agency Fund a trust fund account to be known as the Tree Protection and Related Expenses Trust Fund, hereinafter referred to as the "Fund", into which shall be deposited all contributions and fines collected or imposed, together with any donation, gift, grant, or other sum of money as may from time to time be appropriated by Council, and all monies recovered by the City as civil fines pursuant to Section 656.1208; provided, however, that monies collected as administrative costs or attorneys' fees or costs of litigation shall be paid directly to the City. The funds deposited in the Fund, together with any interest accrued thereon, shall be expended for providing trees, and maintaining trees, within City rights-of-way and on other lands owned by the City, its agencies or authorities, or upon which other ownership control may be exerted by the City, its agencies or authorities, including parks, public areas and easements, and also along all other public rights-of-way and on all other public lands in Duval County. The funds deposited in the Fund, together with any interest accrued thereon, may also be used to pay the salary and benefits of the following: 1. City Landscape Architects, which shall be licensed Florida landscape architects pursuant to F.S. Chapter 481, Part II; 2. City Arborists, which shall be certified by the International Society of Arboriculture as Certified Arborist Municipal Specialists; and 3. City Urban Foresters, which shall be certified by the International Society of Arboriculture as Certified Urban Forest Professionals. The positions authorized herein shall be exclusively focused on the planning, design, implementation, inspection, and maintenance of tree planting projects funded by the Fund in accordance with all laws and rules applicable to use of funds deposited in said Fund, and other activities directly supporting public tree planting projects in the City which utilize monies from this Fund or the Tree Protection and Related Expenses Trust Fund, codified in Article 25 of the Jacksonville City Charter. Such additional positions shall be reviewed by the Tree Commission who shall specifically opine, in a memorandum to the Mayor and the Council, regarding the necessity of each position and the relatedness of those positions to fulfilling the goals of the Fund. The funds deposited in the Fund, together with any interest accrued thereon, may also be used to procure the equipment necessary for the above listed positions to perform assigned duties so long as the use of said equipment is exclusively focused on the tree planting projects and other activities directly supporting the tree planting projects that utilize monies from this Fund or the Tree Protection and Related Expenses Trust Fund, codified in Article 25 of the Jacksonville City Charter. Any equipment expenditure over $75,000.00 shall be reviewed by the Tree Commission who shall specifically opine, in a memorandum to the Mayor and the Council, regarding the necessity of the equipment to fulfilling the goals of this Fund or the Tree Protection and Related Expenses Trust Fund, codified in Article 25 of the Jacksonville City Charter. The Director of the Finance Department is authorized and directed to make disbursements from the Fund, after Council appropriation, upon written requisition for such purposes signed jointly by the Director of Public Works and the Director of Parks, Recreation and Community Services. Monies deposited in this trust fund shall not lapse at the close of any fiscal year, but shall carry over to the next fiscal year. In no case whatsoever shall these trust funds be considered as the sole source of revenue for funds necessary to meet the normal landscaping needs of the City's recreation, park or conservation lands, or public right-of-way. The total amount appropriated from these trust funds for tree maintenance in any fiscal year shall not exceed an amount equal to 25 percent of the amount budgeted in that fiscal year for tree maintenance activities in the Public Works Department. Any appropriation of trust funds for tree maintenance shall be used to supplement, not replace, monies otherwise appropriated for tree maintenance by the Public Works Department, and shall be used to undertake activities intended to extend the life of existing trees. The Fund shall not be used for the purchase of Phoenix dactylifera (True Date Palm), unless: (1) it is for the replacement of a Phoenix dactylifera that meets both of the following conditions: (a) The palm has been damaged due to a man-made incident or lightening. Decline due to fungus, disease, or related failure due to incompatible soil conditions or habitat, shall not be a reason for replacement; (b) The palm is part of a streetscape scheme that would become visually imbalanced if not replaced with the same genus and species of palm; or (2) The palms are planted in the area delineated as described as follows: Beginning at the confluence of the St. Johns River and the Atlantic Ocean, follow the southern edge of the St. Johns River westward, then south southwest, to the eastern edge of Helen Cooper Floyd Park; then southeast to the western boundary of the State Road A1A right-of-way; then southeast along the western boundary of State Road A1A right-of-way to the western boundary of the Mayport Road right-of-way; then generally south along the western boundary of the Mayport Road right-of-way to and across Atlantic Boulevard; then continuing south along the western boundary of the Florida Boulevard right-of-way to the western boundary of the Penman Road right-of-way; then south along the western boundary of the Penman Road right-of-way, to and across Beach Boulevard; then east along the southern boundary of the Beach Boulevard right-of-way to the western boundary of the 3rd Street right-of-way; then south along the western boundary of the 3rd Street right-of-way to the Duval County line; then east to the Atlantic Ocean; then north along the mean high water line to the point of beginning, as depicted on the map attached to Ordinance 2018-524-E. (Ord. 89-1185-673, § 12; Ord. 92-1933-1383, § 1; Ord. 98-542, § 1.3(k); Ord. 2000-707-E, § 10; Ord. 2004-1003-E, § 1; Ord. 2004-1146-E, § 1; Ord. 2005-1283-E, § 7; Ord. 2006-422-E, § 52; Ord. 2010-557-E, § 11.8; Ord. 2011-732-E; Ord. 2016-140-E, § 16; Ord. 2016-487-E, § 7; Ord. 2017-398-E, § 1; Ord. 2018-524-E, § 1; Ord. 2019-328-E, § 1; Ord. 2025-102-E, § 1)

Jacksonville Ordinance Code § 111.775 Woodstock Park Development Trust Fund.

Sec. 111.775. - Woodstock Park Development Trust Fund. There is hereby created the Woodstock Park Development Trust Fund, a permanent trust fund of the City. A separate trust fund and associated accounts shall be created by the Director of Finance and Administration for administering the fund. There shall be paid into or deposited into the fund $0.25 of each unit disposal fee per unit for household hazardous waste imposed and collected pursuant to Section 380.303(b) and any interest accrued thereon together with any other source of public or private revenues that may be deposited herein. All expenditures made from the fund shall be for development, expansion, maintenance and improvements to Woodstock Park. Subject to appropriation by the Council, the Director of Finance and Administration is authorized and directed to make disbursements from then fund upon the written request of the Director of the Department of Parks, Recreation and Community Services. Monies deposited in this trust fund shall not lapse at the close of any fiscal year, but shall carry over to the next fiscal year. (Ord. 94-187-84, § 3; Ord. 2005-1283-E, § 7; Ord. 2006-422-E, § 75; Ord. 2011-732-E; Ord. 2016-140-E, § 16)

Jacksonville Ordinance Code § 111.780 Loblolly Wetlands Mitigation Special Revenue Fund.

Sec. 111.780. - Loblolly Wetlands Mitigation Special Revenue Fund. There is created within the General Trust and Agency Fund a trust fund account to be known as the Loblolly Wetlands Mitigation Special Revenue Fund, hereafter called the Fund. The City shall receive and disburse funds from the sale of Excess Mitigation Credits as defined and set forth in the Use Agreement between Loblolly Mitigation Preserve, LLC and the City of Jacksonville, Florida, dated June 30, 2003, hereafter known as the "Use Agreement," and as authorized by Ordinance 2003-488-E. Disbursements shall be in accordance with Ordinance 2003-488-E and the Use Agreement, which include, but are not limited to, the restoration of project accounts, management fees, CPI adjustments, and marketing fees. All sums placed into the Fund (which shall include all interest earned or accrued thereon) are hereby appropriated and shall not lapse but instead shall carry over to the next fiscal year to be used for the purposes described herein. The Director of the Department of Finance and Administration, or his/her designee, is authorized and directed to make disbursements from the Fund upon written requisition of the Finance and Administration Department designee, subject to the availability of funds in the Fund. Pursuant to Ordinance 2003-488-E, after disbursement of the funds for the reasons hereinabove authorized, the Director of the Department of Finance and Administration, or his/her designee, shall transfer any remaining funds to a revenue account for the purposes of capital improvements and land acquisition for conservation and park uses, and subsequent expenditure of these funds shall require City Council appropriation. (Ord. 2005-311-E, § 1; Ord. 2006-422-E, § 115; Ord. 2016-140-E, § 16)

Jacksonville Ordinance Code § 111.785 Artificial Reef Trust Fund.

Sec. 111.785. - Artificial Reef Trust Fund. There is created within the General Trust and Agency Fund, a trust fund account to be known as the Artificial Reef Trust Fund (the "Fund"), into which shall be deposited all gifts, donations, contributions, grants and other sums of money to be used to provide funding for artificial reef construction, artificial reef monitoring, securing, storing, surveying, transporting, and environmentally cleaning artificial reef material, and educational outreach regarding artificial reefs. All sums placed into the Fund, which shall include all interest earned or accrued thereon, shall not lapse at the close of any fiscal year, but instead shall carry over to the next fiscal year. Subject to prior appropriation by Council, the Director of Finance and Administration, or a designee, is authorized and directed to make disbursements from the Fund upon the written requisition of the Director of the Neighborhoods Department, or a designee. (Ord. 2009-442-E, § 1; Ord. 2011-732-E; Ord. 2013-209-E, § 40; Ord. 2016-140-E, § 16)

Jacksonville Ordinance Code § 111.786 Litter Trust Fund.

Sec. 111.786. - Litter Trust Fund. There is hereby created the Litter Trust Fund, a permanent fund of the City, into which shall be deposited all monies derived from the fines collected pursuant to Part III, Chapter 741, Ordinance Code, resulting from the issuance of citations for violations of Section 741.107. The monies deposited in this fund shall not lapse at the end of any fiscal year and shall remain available for expenditure, upon appropriation of the Council, for the purposes and in the manner set forth herein. The Director of Finance and Administration is authorized and directed to make disbursements from this fund as follows: (a) Seventy percent of the fine monies shall be accounted for in a separate subaccount to be utilized by the Jacksonville Transportation Authority (JTA) for the sole purpose of keeping public bus stops and public bus shelters well-maintained and litter-free pursuant to written criteria adopted by the JTA for that purpose. The Director of Finance and Administration is authorized and directed to make disbursements from this subaccount to the JTA, upon appropriation of the Council, upon written request of the Chief Executive Officer of the JTA accompanied by satisfactory documentation of costs incurred or to be incurred by JTA to keep public bus stops and bus shelters well-maintained and litter-free. At the end of each fiscal year, if the accrued and unexpended funds exceed 300 percent of the preceding fiscal year's cost for keeping public bus stops and public bus shelters well-maintained and litter-free, the excess funds over and above the 300 percent shall be transferred to the subaccount created by subsection (b), below. (b) Thirty percent of the fine monies, plus any funds transferred as provided in the last sentence of subsection (a), above, shall be utilized for the administration of the enforcement of Part III of Chapter 741 and to provide funds to conduct public awareness and education programs to advance zero-tolerance for litter. The funds shall be expended exclusively (1) to purchase materials for enforcement of the litter ordinances and for public awareness and education programs, (2) for paying employees hired to enforce those ordinances, and (3) for expenses incurred in such enforcement. Such employees shall be existing employees within the Municipal Code Compliance Division (or successor), or new employees hired on a temporary hours or special purpose employee contract basis, until such time as the Council may increase the employee cap by further ordinance to create permanent positions for them. The Director of Finance and Administration is authorized and directed to make disbursements from this Fund, upon Council appropriation, upon written request of the Director of the Neighborhoods Department for such purposes. To the extent that disbursements are made, the funds shall be considered a part of the budget of the Municipal Code Compliance Division (or successor). The Chief of Municipal Code Compliance Division (or successor) shall make a report annually to the Council concerning the utilization of these funds, including therein the nature of public awareness and education programs to advance zero-tolerance for litter that have been administered, the status of enforcement efforts, and staffing levels and needs. (Ord. 2010-253-E, § 12; Ord. 2011-732-E; Ord. 2013-209-E, § 40; Ord. 2016-140-E, § 16)

Jacksonville Ordinance Code § 111.787 Derelict and Abandoned Vessel and Floating Structure Enforcement and Removal Trust Fund.

Sec. 111.787 - Derelict and Abandoned Vessel and Floating Structure Enforcement and Removal Trust Fund. There is hereby created the Derelict and Abandoned Vessel and Floating Structure Enforcement and Removal Trust Fund (the "Fund"), a permanent and ongoing trust fund of the City, which shall carry forward each fiscal year. The Fund is authorized to accept grants, gifts, abatement reimbursements, fees, penalty payments, appropriations and other monies. Reimbursement for the abatement of issues regulated by Chapter 388, Ordinance Code shall be deposited into the Fund. Monies deposited in the Fund, together with any interest accrued thereon, are automatically appropriated for the uses described herein without further Council action and shall carry over fiscal years to be used for the following purposes: the administration, regulation and enforcement of Chapter 388 (Boats and Waterways), Ordinance Code; and the removal of derelict vessels, abandoned vessels, and Floating Structures from the waters of Duval County. Use of the monies accepted into the Fund shall be under the direction and control of the Neighborhoods Department. (Ord. 2022-60-E, § 2)

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