[CC 1989 §16-21]
All species and varieties of elm trees infected with the fungus known as the Dutch Elm disease or that are dead or substantially dead and all dead elmwood to which the bark is still attached which, because of their condition, may serve as the breeding place for the European elm bark beetle and the native elm bark beetle or any other carrier of such disease and all trees of whatever species or variety which are infected with bagworms, tentworms or any other insects or worms injurious to trees and which are permitted to remain so infected are hereby declared to be public nuisances.
[CC 1989 §16-22]
The Code Enforcement Officer shall perform the duties set forth in this Article and shall enforce the provisions thereof. The Code Enforcement Officer is hereby empowered to enter upon any land in the City at any reasonable hour for the purpose of inspecting any elm tree, dead elmwood or other species or varieties of trees situated thereon which he/she suspects or which has been reported to him/her of being a public nuisance or likely to become a public nuisance by reason of infection or infestation as set out in Section 220.070.
[CC 1989 §16-23]
When it is determined that a tree is a public nuisance as provided in this Article, the City Clerk, at the request of the Code Enforcement Officer, shall cause to be served upon the owner or occupant of the land upon which the tree is situated a written notice requiring such owner or occupant to comply with the provisions of this Article. Such written notice may be served by certified mail, return receipt requested, or personally by the Chief of Police, any Policeman or the Code Enforcement Officer. The officer serving such notice shall return a copy thereof to the City Clerk, noting thereon the name of the person served and the time and place of service.
[CC 1989 §16-24]
At least forty-eight (48) hours of advance notice be given to property owners prior to any necessary trimming or removal, by the Code Enforcement Officer of encroaching or over-hanging trees or shrubbery.
[CC 1989 §16-25]
It shall be unlawful for any owner or occupant of any property designated in any notice given under this Article to permit any tree, which by such notice he/she is directed to remove and burn, to remain on such property for a longer period of time than ten (10) days after the service of such notice. It shall be the duty of the owner of such property to remove and burn or to cause to be removed and burned any such elm tree or dead elmwood or to remove or cause to be removed any other species of tree as specified in the notice served upon him/her.
[CC 1989 §16-26]
If any person designated in a notice issued and served as provided in this Article fails to remove and destroy by burning such elm tree or dead elmwood or fails to remove any other tree as specified in such notice within ten (10) days after the date of service thereof, the Code Enforcement Officer shall proceed to remove and burn such elm tree or dead elmwood or to remove such other tree as specified in such notice. The Code Enforcement Officer may employ any licensed tree trimmer to do any of the work authorized under this Section, provided that such work shall be under the direction of the Code Enforcement Officer. Upon completion of the work he/she shall report to the City Clerk in writing a statement of his/her costs and expenses incurred in the removal or abatement of such nuisance.