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<br />City of Arden Hills <br /> <br />Chapter 7 Recreation Areas <br /> <br />then be spread by the Council as a special assessment against the property benefitted <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />by the abatement, and the assessment certified to the county as provided by law. <br /> <br />Subd. 11 Request for Laboratory Testing. Any owner of real estate in the City who <br /> <br />receives a notice as provided in Subd. 7 to the effect that shade trees or wood, or both <br /> <br />as the case may be, on his or her property harbor shade tree disease and must be <br /> <br />removed within the time specified in the notice, may request the forester to obtain a <br /> <br />laboratory test of one or more of the trees. The request must be made no later than the <br /> <br />date on which the trees or diseascd wood are to be removed from thc premises, as <br /> <br />specified in the written notice from the City to the owner as provided hcrein, by written <br /> <br />notice from the owner to the forester sent by ccrtified mail with return receipt <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />requcsted. Upon reccipt of the rcquest, the forester shall promptly engage the services <br /> <br />ofthe State Department of Agriculturc or a qualified laboratory to make analyses of <br /> <br />appropriate specimens or samples ofthe allcgedly diseased shade trees. If the analyses <br /> <br />confirm the original diagnosis that the shade trees are infected or the wood thereof <br /> <br />diseased, or both whichever the case may be, the requesting owncr shall pay all <br /> <br />expenses and charges incurred for the analyses by the City. If the test discloses that the <br /> <br />trees or wood are not so diseased, the City shall bear all the costs and the forester shall <br /> <br />remove the trees or wood from the list of diseased trecs. If the test confirms the original <br /> <br />diagnosis that the trees or wood or both as the case may be, are diseased, notice thereof <br /> <br />shall be sent the owner by the forester, and the owner shall remove the diseascd trees or <br /> <br />wood or both as the case may be, within one week after rcccipt of the notice. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />7 - 20 <br />Adopted Decembcr 17, 2001 <br />