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1. Any elm tree or part thereof infected to any degree with the Dutch elm disease fungus Ceratocystis Ulmi (Buisman) Moreau or which harbors any of the elm bark beetles Scolytus Multistriatus (Marsham) or Hylurgopinus Rufipes (Eichhoff); 2. Any dead elm tree or part thereof, including stems, branches, stumps, firewood or other elm material from which the bark has not been removed and burned or sprayed with an effective elm bark beetle insecticide; and 3. Any northern red oak (Quercus rubra, Quercus ellipsoidalis, and Q. palustris), or part thereof, infected to any degree with the oakwilt disease, Ceratocystis fagacearum. 4. Any living or standing white oak (Quercus alba), bur oak (Quercus macrocarpa), and swamp white oak (Quercus bicolor), that poses a threat of transmission of the oak wilt disease to other trees. 5. Red oak species deemed by the City forester or designated tree inspector to be a potentially diseased spore producing tree (PSPT) must be removed before March 15th of the year following complete tree wilt. Any removed red oak tree should be disposed of at an approved wood utilization site or properly treated, i.e. main stems cut into firewood length sections, split if appropriate, stacked and covered in clear plastic with the edges sealed at the ground line to prevent vector entry or escape. 6. Any Ash tree infested with the Emerald Ash Borer beetle, Agrilus Planipennis. 7. Other shade trees with epidemic diseases or epidemic insect infestations. Chapter 15 - Erosion and Sediment Control 1500.00 Purpose and Scope 1510.01 Definitions Clear-cutting. The complete removal of trees or shrubs in a contiguous patch, strip, row, or block. Clearing and grubbing. The trimming, pruning, cutting and or removal of trees, shrubs, bushes, windfalls and other vegetation including removal of stumps, roots, and other remains in the designated areas. Land Disturbance Activity. Any land change greater than 2,5005,000 square feet or 50 cubic yards, or land change on a parcel of land located within a shoreland area or adjacent to a surface water that may result in soil erosion from wind, water and/or ice and the movement of sediments into or upon waters or lands of the city, including but not limited to construction, clear- cutting, clearing and grubbing, grading, excavating, transporting and filling of land. Land Disturbance Activity does not mean the following: o Minor land disturbance activities such as home gardens and an individual's home landscaping, repairs and maintenance work affecting less than 2,500 square feet; o Additions or modifications to existing single-family dwellings or accessory structures that will result in creating under 2,500 square feet of exposed soil and/or impervious surface and less than 50 cubic yards in a shoreland area;