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<br /> <br /> <br /> <br />605.02: INSPECTION AND INVESTIGATION: The City Administrator or an agent: <br /> <br />Subd. 1. Inspection: Shall inspect all premises and places within the City as often as practicable <br />but not less than that required by the State1, to determine whether any condition described in <br />subdivision 605.03(1) of this Chapter exists thereon. The City Administrator shallmay <br />investigate all incidents of infestations by Dutch elm fungus, elm bark beetles, oak wilt <br />fungus, Emerald Ash Borer, or any other epidemic disease of trees and such factors which <br />are potentially contributory to the spread of tree disease and pests. <br /> <br />Subd. 2. Right of Entry: May enter upon private premises at any reasonable time for the purposes <br />of carrying out any of the duties assigned to the City Administrator under this Chapter. <br /> <br /> <br />605.03: NUISANCES DECLARED; ABATEMENT: <br /> <br />Subd. 1. Nuisances Declared: The following are hereby declared public nuisances whenever they <br />may be found within the City: <br /> <br /> a. Any living or standing elm tree or part thereof infected to any degree with the Dutch elm <br />disease fungus Ceratocystis ulmi (buisman) moreau or which harbors any of the elm bark <br />beetles Scolytus multistriatus (eichh.) or Hylurgo-pinus rufipes (marsh). <br /> <br /> b. Any dead or dying elm tree or part thereof, including logs, branches, stumps, firewood or <br />other elm material from which the bark has not been removed and burned or buried. <br /> <br /> c. Any living or standing red oak tree or part thereof, infected to any degree with the oak <br />wilt fungus Ceratocystis fagacearum. <br /> <br /> d. Any diseased wood from the red oak group which, by April 1 in any given year, has not <br />been either debarked, burned, buried or split into quarter sections and completely enclosed <br />with a covering (at least 4-mil, if plastic) adequately thick and whole so as to isolate the <br />wood until July 15 of the year immediately following the wilting of the tree from which said <br />wood originated. <br /> <br /> e. Any living or standing ash tree (trees of the genus Fraxinus) or part thereof with two or <br />more of the following symptom of Emerald Ash Borer (Agrilusplanipennis fairmarie) are <br />observed: basal sprouting, bark fissures, woodpecker damage or activity, “D” shaped exit <br />holes, or presence of Emerald Ash Borer adults or larvae. <br /> <br /> f. Any dead or dying ash tree or part thereof, including logs, branches, stumps, firewood, or <br />other ash material, to which the bark is still attached that may serve as a breeding place for <br />Emerald Ash Borer. <br /> <br /> eg. Other trees with epidemic disease or factors which are potentially hazardous to the <br />spread of such disease. <br /> <br /> <br /> 1 M.S.A. §18.022, subdivision 9.