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<br />remove or have removed all parts, branches and brush there from, and <br /> <br />transport or have transported all the parts, branches and brush from the <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />diseased trees and any diseased wood from the premises to an authorized <br /> <br />disposal or chipping site. With respect to the transportation of wood from <br /> <br />diseased elms, it shall be unlawful for any person to transport within the <br /> <br />City any bark-bearing elm wood. <br /> <br />B. The City Forester shall enforce the treatment of nuisance by requiring the <br /> <br />performance of one or more of the following disease control methods <br /> <br />listed in subsection C in order to destroy and prevent the spread of <br /> <br />epidemic diseased of shade trees, including, but not limitcd to, Dutch elm <br /> <br />disease or oak wilt disease. Such abatcment may be designated by the <br /> <br />Minncsota Commissioner of Agriculture or the University of Minnesota. <br /> <br />C. <br /> <br />The following abatement procedures arc recommended by thc City of <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Arden Hills: <br /> <br />1. Root graft barrier installation at least 60 inches in the soil to isolate <br /> <br />the diseased trees; <br /> <br />2. Removal of trees; <br /> <br />3. Stump grinding; <br /> <br />4. Burning, chipping, debarking or properly covering and sealing the <br /> <br />potentially hazardous wood and/or stumps. <br /> <br />D. To prevent root graft transmission of tree related diseases, a barrier must <br /> <br />be created between diseased and healthy trees, either by cutting the root <br /> <br />system with a 54-inch blade or longer by using a vibratory cable plow, or <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />by digging a trench to a minimum depth of 60 inches in the soil <br /> <br />surrounding the diseased trees. Such abatement procedures will be carried <br /> <br />7 <br />