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* * * * * D R A F T * * * * * City of Mounds View 605.02 605.043 Subd. 2. Right of Entry: May enter upon private premises at any reasonable time for the purposes of carrying out any of the duties assigned to the City Administrator under this Chapter. 605.03: NUISANCES DECLARED; ABATEMENT: Subd. 1. Nuisances Declared: The following are hereby declared public nuisances whenever they may be found within the City: a. Any living or standing elm tree or part thereof infected to any degree with the Dutch elm disease fungus Ceratocystis ulmi (buisman) moreau or which harbors any of the elm bark beetles Scolytus multistriatus (eichh.) or Hylurgo-pinus rufipes (marsh). b. Any dead or dying elm tree or part thereof, including logs, branches, stumps, firewood or other elm material from which the bark has not been removed and burned or buried. c. Any living or standing red oak tree or part thereof, infected to any degree with the oak wilt fungus Ceratocystis fagacearum. d. Any diseased wood from the red oak group which, by April 1 in any given year, has not been either debarked, burned, buried or split into quarter sections and completely enclosed with a covering (at least 4-mil, if plastic) adequately thick and whole so as to isolate the wood until July 15 of the year immediately following the wilting of the tree from which said wood originated. e. All species and variations of ash trees (trees of the genus Fraxinus) infected with Emerald Ash Borer (Agrilusplanipennis fairmarie), and all species and varieties of ash trees, that are dead or substantially dead, and all dead ash wood to which the bark is still attached (which may serve as a breeding place for Emerald Ash Borer) are hereby declared to be public nuisances. In addition, all living or partial living ash trees are declared to be public nuisances is two or more of the following symptoms are observed: basal sprouting, bark fissures, woodpecker damage or activity, “D” shaped exit holes, presence of Emerald Ash Borer adults or larvae. ef. Other trees with epidemic disease or factors which are potentially hazardous to the spread of such disease. Subd. 2. Nuisance Declared Unlawful: It is unlawful for any person to permit public nuisances, as herein defined, to remain on any premises owned or controlled by that person within the City.