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<br />out in accordance with current technical and expert opinions and plans as <br /> <br />designated by thc State Commissioner of Agriculturc. <br /> <br />E. <br /> <br />In addition the owner may poison or have poisoned the stumps of trees <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />discased with oak wilt and shall debark or havc debarked to the ground <br /> <br />line the stumps of trees diseased with Dutch elm disease in such manner as <br /> <br />may bc approved by the forester. <br /> <br />Subd. 11 Abatement by City. In the event the owner fails or refuses to abate the nuisances as so <br /> <br />required, then the forester shall upon orders from the Council, abate thc nuisance by cutting <br /> <br />down diseased shade trees and removing all parts, branches and brush thereof, together with any <br /> <br />diseascd wood of any discascd shadc trees located on the premises, from the premises to an <br /> <br />authorized disposal or chipping site. The cost of the City's abating the nuisance shall be billed to <br /> <br />the owner or occupant of thc prcmises upon which the nuisances existed. <br /> <br />Subd. 12 Assessment for Nuisance Abatement. If the owner or occupant fails to pay the bill, as <br /> <br />provided for in Subd. 9, within thirty (30) days of the date thereof, the Council may then assess . <br /> <br />the amount due, plus interest, against the property as a special assessment under M.S. Ch. <br /> <br />429.10, as amended from time to time, installments of which assessment shall in no event be <br /> <br />payable over a period exceeding five (5) years from the date the same have been levied. On or <br /> <br />before October I of each year, the city administrator shall list the total unpaid charges for each <br /> <br />such abatement against each separate lot or parcel to whieh the same is attributable. Thereafter, <br /> <br />the charges may then be spread by the Council as a special assessment against the property <br /> <br />benefited by the abatcment, and the assessment certified to the county as provided by law. <br /> <br />Subd. 13 Request for Laboratory Tcsting. Any owner ofreal estate in the City who receives a <br /> <br />notice as provided in Subd. 7 to the effect that shade trees or wood, or both as the case may be, <br /> <br />on his or her property harbor shade tree disease and must be removed within the time specified in . <br /> <br />the notice, may request the forester to obtain a laboratory test of one or more of the trees. The <br />8 <br />