Laserfiche WebLink
<br />4 <br />198575v4 <br />required to remove the trees or wood, or both, as the case may be, within (20) (amended <br />11/28/11) days for elm and ash trees and (30) days for oak trees and other trees species from the <br />date of the letter being sent to the property owner. The notices shall be sent by certified mail <br />with return receipt requested to the last known address of the owner. In the event that the <br />certified mail is not delivered, mailing by ordinary mail to the address shall be deemed sufficient <br />notice. <br /> <br /> B. The notices to be sent under the provisions of this subdivision shall be sent to <br />the occupant of premises upon which the diseased shade trees or wood, or both as the case may <br />be, are located, if those premises are occupied, and also to the owner of the premises, if the <br />owner has an address different from the subject premises and the address is disclosed by the <br />records of the county department of property taxation. Reasonable inquiry by the forester or the <br />tree inspector(s) shall be sufficient to meet this requirement, and telephone inquiry of the office <br />of the county department of property taxation shall be deemed reasonable inquiry for the purpose <br />of ascertaining the addresses. If the subject premises are unoccupied, then mailing to the address <br />of the owner as shown by the records of the county department of property taxation shall be <br />deemed sufficient. <br /> <br /> C. No person shall allow, permit the spread of, or fail to abate a public nuisance <br />as defined in this code. Such nuisances shall be abated in the manner prescribed in this code. <br /> <br /> Subd. 10. Removal of Diseased Shade Trees. <br /> <br /> A. An owner of real estate in the City who is notified of the existence on his or <br />her property of shade trees or wood therefrom, or both as the case may be, harboring shade tree <br />disease shall within the time specified in the written notice cut down or have cut down each of <br />the diseased trees, remove or have removed all parts, branches and brush there from, and <br />transport or have transported all the parts, branches and brush from the diseased trees and any <br />diseased wood from the premises to an authorized disposal or chipping site. With respect to the <br />transportation of wood from diseased elms or ash trees, it shall be unlawful for any person to <br />transport within the City any bark bearing elm or ash wood. <br /> <br /> B. The City Forester shall enforce the treatment of nuisance by requiring the <br />performance of one or more of the following disease control methods listed in subsection C in <br />order to destroy and prevent the spread of epidemic diseased of shade trees, including, but not <br />limited to, Dutch elm disease, emerald ash borer, or oak wilt disease. Such abatement may be <br />designated by the Minnesota Commissioner of Agriculture or the University of Minnesota. <br /> <br /> C. The following abatement procedures are recommended by the City of Arden <br />Hills: <br /> <br /> 1. Root graft barrier installation at least 60 inches in the soil to isolate the <br />diseased trees; <br /> 2. Removal of trees; <br /> 3. Stump grinding;