I don't think Tampa (where i live) has the Jacksonville provision - i looked in the county and city codes and the closest I saw is this in the Hillsborough County codes:
Cooking equipment: Every dwelling or dwelling unit shall contain a stove or range and refrigerator of appropriate size. All cooking and heating equipment and facilities shall be installed in accordance with the building, gas, or electrical codes, and shall be operable and maintained in safe, working condition.

However, I'm not sure if my fridge matter applies to this seeing as how it is not doing me bodily harm - psychological harm by interfering with quality of life and ability to rest (esp as i have a very high stress job that depends greatly on mental acuity) but not physical harm. Could I argue that "working" means the fridge should not make a noise that prohibits me from turning it up high enough to enable storage of meat in freezer?

And that clause about the apt being "as is" - what does that mean exactly?