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<br />.. <br /> <br />Effective: 6/11/74 <br />City of Centerville Ord. #7 <br /> <br />STATE OF MINNESOTA <br />COUNTY OF ANOKA <br />CITY OF CENTERVILLE <br /> <br />ORDINANCE #7 <br /> <br />AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO THE CONTROL AND PREVENTION OF DUTCH ELM <br />DISEASE WITHIN THE CITY OF CENTERVILLE: <br /> <br />The City Council ofCenterville does ordain: <br /> <br />5-601. Declaration of Policv. The City Council of Centerville has detemrined that the health of <br />the elm trees within the municipal limits is threatened by a fatal disease known as Dutch Elm <br />Disease. It has further detemrined that the loss of ehn trees growing upon public and private <br />property would substantially depreciate the value of property within the City and impair the <br />safety, good order, general welfare and convenience of the public. It is declared to be the <br />intention of the council to control and prevent the spread of this disease and this ordinance is <br />enacted for that purpose. <br />.) <br />5-602. Tree ~ctor. Subd. 1. Position Created.' (Alternate No.1) The position of tree <br />inspector is hereby created within the City of Centerville. <br /> <br />Subd. 2. Duties of Tree Inspector. It is the duty of the tree inspector to coordinate, under the <br />direction and control of the Council, all activities of the municipality relating to the control and <br />prevention of Dutch Ehn disease. He shall recommend to the Council the details of a program <br />for the control of Dutch Ehn Disease, and perform the duties incident to such a program adopted <br />by the Council. I~G,. 1& <br /> <br />5-603. Dutch Elm Disease Prol!TIlIIl. Subd. 1. ~ the intention of the Council of the city of <br />Centerville to conduct a program of plan~~_:.~ntrol pursuant to the authority granted by <br />Minnesota Statutes ~ Section 1:S-.822, as amended. This program is directed specifically at <br />the control and elimination of Dutch Ehn Disease fungus and ehn bark beetles and is undertaken <br />at the recommendation of the Commissioner of Agriculture. The City tree inspector shall act as <br />coordinator between the Commissioner of Agriculture and the Council in the conduct of this <br />program. <br /> <br />5-604. Nnisances Declared. Subd. 1. The following things are nnisances whenever they may be <br />found within the City of Centerville: <br /> <br />A. Any living or standing ehn tree or part thereof infected to any degree with the <br />Dutch Ehn disease fungus Ceratocysitis Uhni (Buisman) Moreau or which <br />harbors any of the ehn bark beetles Scolytus Multistriatus (Eicbh.) Or <br />Hylurgopinus Rufipes (Marsh). <br /> <br />Page 1 of4 <br />