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CHAPTER 706 <br />URBAN FOREST MANAGEMENT <br />SECTION: <br />706.01: Declaration of Policy <br />706.02: Purpose <br />706.03: Definitions <br />706.04: Tree Board <br />706.05: Jurisdiction <br />706.06: Designation and Duties of City Forester <br />706.07: Public Tree Master Plan <br />706.08: Regulations for Planting or Removing Trees, Shrubs, and <br />Herbaceous Plants on Public and Private Property <br />706.09: Duties of Private Landowners <br />706.10: Reporting Discovery of Shade Tree Pests <br />706.11: Registration of Tree Care Firms <br />706.12: Standard Abatement Order Procedure <br />706.13: Development or Redevelopment Tree Planting <br />706.14: Declaration of A Shade Tree Pest <br />706.15: Nuisances are Unlawful <br />706.16: Declared Shade Tree Pests, Control Measures and Control Areas <br />706.17: Urban Forest Management Fees <br />706.18: Emergencies <br />706.19: Interference <br />706.01: DECLARATION OF POLICY: <br />The health of trees in the City of Roseville (City) is threatened by shade tree pests. The loss <br />or ill health of trees growing upon public and private property, substantially depreciates the <br />value of property within the city and impairs the safety, environmental benefits, general <br />welfare and convenience of the public. The provisions of this section are adopted as an <br />effort to control and prevent the spread of shade tree pests and to maintain a healthy urban <br />forest, in addition to and in accordance with Minn. Stat. §§ 89.001, 89.01 and 89.51-.64. <br />706.02: PURPOSE: <br />It is the purpose of this Chapter to protect and promote the public health, safety and general <br />welfare of the people of the City by: <br />A. Regulating the planting, maintenance and removal of trees, shrubs and herbaceous <br />plants on all public spaces and rights of way. <br />B. Allowing the planting, maintenance, removal and trimming of trees, shrubs and <br />herbaceous plants on public lands by written permission of the city. <br />C. Inspecting trees on public and private lands. <br />D. Controlling shade tree pests to protect the trees and to prevent and abate hazardous tree <br />conditions and nuisances within the City on public and private lands. <br />E. Protecting and preserving existing healthy trees. <br />F. Encouraging the planting of trees for the protection and enhancement of the <br /> <br />11 <br /> <br />