Sec. 362.103. - Definitions.

In this Chapter, or in rules adopted pursuant hereto, unless the context otherwise requires: (a) Board is the Environmental Protection Board. (b) Director means the Director of the Neighborhoods Department. (c) Contaminant is a substance which is harmful to plant, animal or human life. (d) Department is the Neighborhoods Department. (e) Effluent limitation means a restriction established by the Board on quantities, rates or concentrations of chemical, physical, biological or other constituents which are discharged from sources into waters of the City. (f) Installation is a structure, equipment, facility or appurtenance thereto, or operation which may emit air or water contaminants in quantities prohibited by the rules of the Board. (g) Plant is a unit operation, complex, area or multiple-unit operation that produces, processes or causes to be processed any materials, the processing of which can, or may, cause air or water pollution. (h) Pollution is the presence in the outdoor atmosphere or waters of the City of a substance, contaminant or man-made or -induced alteration of the chemical, physical, biological or radiological integrity of the air or waters in quantities or at levels which are or may be potentially harmful or injurious to human health or welfare, animal, plant or aquatic life or property, or unreasonably interfere with the enjoyment of life or property, including outdoor recreation. (i) Sewerage system means pipelines or conduits, pumping stations and force mains and other structures, devices, appurtenances and facilities used for collecting or conducting wastes to an ultimate point for treatment or disposal. (j) Source is any and all points of origin of a contaminant, whether privately- or publicly-owned or -operated. (k) Treatment works and disposal systems mean a plant or other works used for the purpose of treating, stabilizing or holding wastes. (l) Wastes means sewage, industrial wastes and other liquid, gaseous, solid, radioactive or other substances which may pollute or tend to pollute the waters within the City. (m) Waters include rivers, lakes, streams, springs, impoundments and other bodies of water, including fresh, brackish, saline, tidal, surface or underground. Waters owned entirely by one person other than the City are included only in regard to possible discharge on other property or waters. Underground waters include waters passing through pores of rock or soils or flowing through in channels, whether man-made or natural. (n) Person has the meaning given to it in Section 2.101 (g), 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. (Ord. 84-674-684, § 2; Ord. 85-1295-690, § 2; Ord. 94-144-121, § 2; Ord. 2008-513-E, § 1; Ord. 2011-732-E; Ord. 2013-209-E, § 40; Ord. 2016-140-E , § 16)