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Subd.5. Epidemic Disease Program. It is the intention of the City Council to conduct a program . of pest control pursuant to the authority granted by Minnesota statues scction 18G.16, as amended, directed at the control and elimination of Dutch elm disease, oak wilt disease, and elimination of other tree diseases and is undertaken at the recommendation of the Minnesota Commissioner of Agriculture. Suhd. 6 Nuisances Declared. A. Thc following are hereby declared to he public nuisances whencver and wherevcr they may be found within the City: 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 hark beetles Scolytus Multistriatus (Marsham) or Hylurgopinus Rufipes (Eichhoff); 2. Any dead elm trce or part thereof: including stems, branches, stumps, firewood or other elm material from which the bark has not heen removed and burned or sprayed with an effective elm bark beetle insecticide; and 3. Any northern red oak (Quercus rubra, Quercus ellipsoidal is, and Q. pa1ustris), or pm1 thereof: infected to any degree with the oakwilt disease, Ceratoeystis fagacearum. 4. Any living or standing white oak (Quereus 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 rcmoved bcfore March ] 5th of thc ycar following completc trce wilt. Any removed red oak tree should bc disposcd of at an approved wood utilization site or properly treated, i.c. main stems cut into firewood length sections, split if appropriatc, stacked ancl covered in clear plastic with the cdges sealed at the ground line to prevent vector entry or escapc. 6. Othcr shade trees with cpidcmic diseases or epidemic inscct infestations. 7. Any tree considered in thc opinion of the City Forester to posc eminent dangcr to life or property or to adjoining properties. Trees of such condition will be determincd hazardous as defined in Chapter 600.03 Subd. 9 of the City Codc. Subd. 7 Nuisances Prohibited. It is unlawful for any pcrson to pennit the spread of a public nuisance as defined in this chapter across his or her property lines in any specificd contro] areas as established hy the city. Such nuisanccs shall be abated in a manner prescribed in this chapter. Subd.8 Inspection by Certificd Trec Inspcctor. A. The forcster shall cngagc onc or more persons, eaeh of whom shall have bcen issucd a ccrtificate from thc Minnesota Department of Agriculture pursuant to M.S. ~ 18G.126 Subdivision 10, as amended from timc to time, certi fying that he .