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CITY OF LITTLE CANADA RAMSEY COUNTY STATE OF MINNESOTA ORDINANCE NO. 866 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING LITTLE CANADA CITY CODE CHAPTER 1701, TREE MANAGEMENT; NUISANCE, DISEASE AND INSECT CONTROL The City Council of the City of Little Canada, Ramsey County, Minnesota does hereby ordain: SECTION 1. The City Council of the City of Little Canada hereby replaces Chapter 1701 of the Little Canada Municipal Code in its entirety by adding the material as follows: 1701. TREE MANAGEMENT; NUISANCE, DISEASE, AND INSECT CONTROL 1701.010. NUISANCE DECLARED. To protect, preserve and conserve the value of public and private lands, and to promote the general welfare of the public and this community, it is necessary to protect, control and abate trees that create a public hazard. Trees that create a public hazard include dead trees, trees that are affected by Dutch elm disease and oak wilt fungus, and trees infected by other tree diseases and infestations regulated by the state department of agriculture pursuant to statute, rule, or commissioner's declaration. Therefore, the following conditions are hereby found and declared to be a public nuisance in the city: (1) Any living or dead elm tree or part thereof infected to any degree with the Dutch elm disease fungus which currently includes: Ophiostoma ulmi or Ophiostoma novo-ulmi or which harbors any of the elm bark beetles, scolytus multistrialus, hylurgopinus rufipes, or S. schevyrewi. It is appropriate to mitigate diseased elms throughout the year. (2) Any dead elm tree or part thereof, including logs, branches, stumps, firewood or other elm material from which the bark has not been removed or burned. (3) Any living or dead oak tree or part thereof infected to any degree with the oak wilt fungus (ceratocytis fagacearum). Oak trees infected by oak wilt are generally to be mitigated during dormancy (November to March) when the fungus cannot be transmitted. (4) Any living or dead tree or part thereof infected to any degree with the Emerald Ash Borer. (5) Any tree creating a current public danger whether the tree is on public or private property, and without regard for the cause of damage to the tree. A tree constitutes a current public danger when it may fall into a public right-of-way, utility facility, public trail corridor, park, or other public land. (6) Any standing dead trees or dead brush. 1701.020. No person shall permit any public nuisance, as defined in section 1701.010, to remain on any premises owned or controlled by such person within the city. Such nuisance may be abated in the manner prescribed by this chapter.