§ 15-554. Definitions.

Unless specifically defined below, words or phrases used in this article shall be interpreted to give this article its most reasonable application, consistent with state law and other county regulations. In the event of any conflict between the definitions contained herein and those definitions contained in state rules which likewise regulate incinerators, the definitions contained herein shall control. The following words and phrases shall have the following meanings unless the context requires otherwise:

Air curtain incinerator facility, see definition of wood waste incinerator facility.

Biomedical "biohazardous" waste incinerator facility shall mean property, structures and other appurtenances and improvements on the land used for incineration of the following:

Any solid or liquid waste which may present a threat of infection to humans. The term includes, but is not limited to, nonliquid tissue and body parts from humans and other primates; laboratory and veterinary waste which contains human disease-causing agents; used discarded sharps; and blood, blood products and body fluids from humans and other primates. The following are included:

(1)

Used, absorbent materials such as bandages, gauzes, or sponges supersaturated, having the potential to drip or splash, with blood or body fluids from areas such as operating rooms, delivery rooms, trauma centers, emergency rooms or autopsy rooms;

(2)

Devices which retain visible blood adhering to inner surfaces after use and rinsing such as intravenous tubing, hemodialysis filters and catheters; and

(3)

Other contaminated solid waste materials which represent a significant risk of infection because they are generated in medical facilities which care for persons suffering from diseases requiring strict isolation criteria and listed by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control, "CDC Guidelines for Isolation Precautions in Hospitals," July/August, 1983. (Reference to be retained on file in the zoning and environmental protection departments.)

Note: This definition includes wastes generated from medical, dental or other similar facilities.

Biological waste incinerator facility shall mean property, structures and other appurtenances and improvements on the land used for incineration of:

Solid waste that causes or has the capability of causing disease or infection and includes, but is not limited to, deceased or dead animals, human remains capable of transmitting pathogens to humans or animals. This definition is intended to include facilities used for the incineration of dead human bodies or animals in conjunction with a laboratory, animal service facility, and human or animal medical facility.

Note: This definition does not include human and animal crematories used for funeral purposes.

Clean dry wood shall mean wood (including lighter pine), lumber or tree and shrub trunks, branches and limbs which are free of paint, penthuchlorophenol, creosote, tar, asphalt or other wood preservatives and which when burned do not emit excessive visible emissions.

Crematory facility, animal shall mean property, structures and other appurtenances and improvements on land used solely for the incineration of dead animal carcasses for funeral (burial) purposes.

Crematory facility, human shall mean property, structures and other appurtenances and improvements on land used solely for the incineration of dead human bodies for funeral (burial) purposes.

Hazardous waste incinerator facility shall mean property, structures and other appurtenances and improvements on land used for the incineration of:

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, These wastes are typically defined as hazardous by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the state department of environmental regulation. (Reference to be retained on file in the zoning and environmental protection departments.)

Household hazardous waste shall mean certain potentially toxic, flammable and reactive solid and/or liquid wastes as defined by state department of environmental regulations and the United States Environmental Protection Agency that typically can be generated from residential housing units. Such wastes can be discarded residues of pesticides, paints, cleaners and fuels (i.e., used motor oil and automotive fluids), etc.

Incinerator facility shall mean a general reference to each of the several more specific types of incinerator facilities and crematory facilities defined and used in this article.

Institutional uses shall mean public and quasi-public uses such as, but not limited to, hospitals, schools (public or private with state approved academic curriculum), etc. Institutional uses shall include private facilities which accept biomedical or biohazardous waste from an affiliate of or an entity related to or controlled by the owner of the private facility, so long as the waste was generated by the affiliate or related entity in the county.

Private facility shall mean an incinerator facility that is an ancillary use to an institutional use and restricted to incinerating only that waste generated by the institution or its affiliated or related entity which is also an institutional use and located within the county.

Public facility shall mean an incinerator facility open to the public that may accept and incinerate waste from any source.

Solid waste incinerator facility shall mean property, structures and other appurtenances and any improvements on the land used for the incineration of:

Garbage, refuse, yard trash, clean debris, white goods, special waste, ashes, sludge or other discarded material, including solid, liquid, semisolid or contained gaseous material resulting from domestic, industrial, commercial, mining, agricultural or governmental operations. Solid waste does not include: nuclear source or by-product materials regulated under F.S. ch. 404, or under the Federal Atomic Energy Act of 1954 as amended; suspended or dissolved materials in domestic sewage effluent or irrigation return flows or other regulated point source discharges; regulated air emissions; and fluids or wastes associated with natural gas or crude oil exploration or production.

Transfer station shall mean a site, the primary purpose of which is to transfer waste from one (1) vehicle to another immediately for transport to a processing or disposal facility. It does not include green boxes, compactor units, permanent dumpsters and other containers from which such wastes are transported to a landfill or other solid waste management facility. Storage of waste in vehicles on site shall be prohibited.

Wood waste incinerator facility shall mean a permanent facility as permitted by FDER; such facility includes property, structures and other appurtenances and any improvements on the land used for the controlled incineration of clean dry wood, as herein defined. A temporary wood waste facility shall be a facility which complies with each of the following three (3) criteria:

(1)

The facility is exempted from FDER permit requirements;

(2)

The facility otherwise complies with F.A.C., ch. 17-256, as may be amended; and

(3)

Use of the facility shall be for only clean dry wood generated on-site;

and shall be allowed in any zoning district.

Note: This definition includes air curtain and similar incinerator facilities.

(Ord. No. 92-41, § 1, 12-22-92)