(a) It is unlawful and deemed a nuisance to sell or import into the City or plant or cause to be planted within the City limits any female box-elder tree (Acer negundo), female cottonwood trees (Populus spices), Siberian elm (Ulmus pumila) or other undesirable plants as designated by ordinance upon any property within the City, and the planting or setting out of these certain plants is declared to be a menace to public health, safety and welfare and a public nuisance.
(b) The owner of any property within the City, upon which any tree listed in Subsection (a) above has been planted after the effective date of the ordinance codified herein, shall cut and remove such tree from his or her property after being given fifteen (15) days' written notice to do so by the City.
(c) In case of the failure of any owner of such property to cut and remove such tree as required in Subsection (b) above, the City shall cut and remove such tree at the property owner's expense.
(Ord. 347 §1, 2008)