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City Code of the City of Roseville, MN 706.07: DUTIES OF PRIVATE OWNERS: It shall be the duty of any person owning private property to comply with the following: A. Planting on Private Property: No person shall plant or allow to be planted on any privately owned property any tree listed on the City tree plan as prohibited. B. Acceptable Plant Materials: All plant materials shall not have characteristics detrimental to the public welfare such as susceptibility to disease and wind damage or a tendency to interfere with utilities or public easements or rights of way. C. Prohibited Obstructions: 1.Obstructing View: No tree or herbaceous plant or shrub shall be planted or allowed to grow so as to obstruct the view of any vehicular traffic on streets or pathways or pedestrians on pathways. 2.Utilities: No trees may be planted under or within ten (10) level feet of any overhead utility wire or over or within ten (10) lateral feet of any underground water line. D. Trimming of Trees: Private property trees must be trimmed so as not to cause a hazard to persons or property on abutting property. All trees shall be pruned to sufficient height to allow free passage of pedestrians and vehicular traffic: nine feet (9') over sidewalks and sixteen feet (16') over streets. E. Tree Inspection: The City Horticulturist, or any employee designated by the City Manager, may enter on any private lands, which may harbor diseased or dangerous trees as listed in the official City Tree Plan to inspect trees located on such premises. F. Removal of Diseased or Dangerous Trees: Diseased and/or insect-ridden trees, dead or injured trees deemed to be a health or safety hazard by the City Horticulturist, or employee designed by the City Manager, must be treated or removed so as not to constitute a health or safety hazard to the public or other trees or plants in the City. G. Stockpiling and Storage of Elm Logs: No person shall stockpile or store elm logs with the bark intact without first having obtained a permit to do so. The City Horticulturist, or other employee designated by the City Manager, may issue permits, upon proper application, for the stockpiling or storage of such logs only between September 15 and April 1 of the following year and only at locations, which are specified in the permit.