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<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> , STATE OF h'INNESOTA <br /> <br /> COUNTY OF RANiSEY <br /> <br /> CITY OF ARDEN HlLLS <br /> <br /> <br /> ORDINANCE N0. 186 <br /> <br /> APJ ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING A SHADE TREE DISEASE <br /> PREVENTION AND CONTROL PROCRAMi PROVIDlNG <br /> PENALTIES FnR VIOLATION THEREAF, AND REAEAlING <br /> ORD. N0. 102 <br /> <br /> The City Council of Arden HiIIs ordaPns: <br /> <br /> Section I. Deciaratlan of Pqltcy. 7he City Council <br /> af the Ci ty of Arden Hi~ t Is lias de#ermfneid that th=e health of <br /> oak trees and elm trees, here(natter s'ometiriles col lectively <br /> referred to as "shade trees", withln tfie, munT %ipa,;l f i'mits are <br /> threatened by fatal tree diseases commanfy fcrtbwn_ 8s "oak wi lt <br /> disease" and "Dutch eIm disease" respecfiivety~, Fier-einafter <br /> sometimes col fectively. referreQ to as "shad*,ree •diseases". <br /> It has further determined that the loss o# sti,,'wade °fi.rees growPng <br /> upon pub I i c and pri vate property woul d sub5tr~qti fy depreci ate <br /> .the va I ue of praperty with i n the C1 ty and [opai t tho .safe#y, <br /> ood order, 1 <br /> 9 , genera1 weJ fare and eonverrlencs r~# 't6* <br /> Accordingly, it is hereby declr+red to be .thes'I ri~t4o ti+on of the <br /> Counci I to control and pcevent ttta spread taf„ Shade `tPee <br /> d( seases, and th is Ordi nance i senacted' for, thd't p~uroose . <br /> Secti, on T. :,Forester..Th.e pos„i tl~~ of. Glty Forester,f s hereby creaited and the powers snd dutl-es°~, Df such` of ti epf •are <br /> hereby confierr-ed upon such person as desT914fed, fr,om:;`time t,a .t ime <br /> by the Mayor w I th the cancurrence of ~hhs ' Cditt?~V.i. I,. ~ <br /> I t sha!'i be the duty o# thp ForeSto r tti, ct>ofidtnofe, <br /> (inder the di rection 'and con#rol of the tounic~-t l, ai l acfii vfties ' <br /> of the City relating fio the contro4 and-p~4vbr1ti,oftRo# s~ad~ tree <br /> diseases. He sha! I recommend to the Co6nC1 4`h-(~ det4i Is af a <br /> program for the control anC prevenflan ot sa!t! dJseases an,d <br /> perform the duties incident to such a pragrbmas adopted by the <br /> CounciI. " <br /> Sectioh 3.' Nuisances Declarad. ;The fot iaw,ing are <br /> hereby decl ared publ i c nuisances whenever antl wherevec they may <br /> be found within the City of Arden Nifis: <br /> (a) Any living or standing elm tYree or part <br /> thereo# i nfected fv any degree' wi th the <br /> Dutch elm disease tungus Cerafiocyst{s <br /> ; Ulmi (Buisman) Moreau or which haebors <br /> any af the e I m bat-k,`beet ies Scol ytus <br /> Nlultistr,iatus (Marsham)or Myl,urqapinus <br /> Rufipes (Eichhoff), <br /> . (b) Any dead elm tree or part therevf, - <br /> including legs, brahches, s#umps, fire- <br /> wood or other elm material from which <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> _ <br /> <br />