A. For purposes of this section, "nuisance trees" are defined as trees that pose a threat to public safety or adjacent public property, including, but not limited to, public rights of way, or trees that harbor any destructive or communicable disease or other pestilence that endangers the well being of other trees in the city or that are capable of causing an epidemic spread of a communicable disease or insect infestation.
B. The zoning administrator or designee has the authority to enter onto private property whereon there is located a tree, shrub or plant that is suspected to be a public nuisance.
C. Upon the discovery of a nuisance tree, the zoning administrator or designee shall cause written notice to be served upon the owner of the property upon which the tree is located, requiring the owner to eradicate, remove, or otherwise control the condition within a reasonable time specified in such notice. It shall be unlawful for any person to fail to comply with the requirements of any notice given pursuant to this section within the time specified in such notice. If the notice to abate is not complied with within the required time, the zoning administrator or designee shall follow the city nuisance ordinance procedure for compliance. (Ord. 10-21-2008A, 10-21-2008)