It shall be considered a public nuisance for any village resident to commit or allow any of the following.
(A) Certain trees. To plant or permit the growth of cottonwood trees, weeping willow trees, ash trees, or box elder trees upon any premises to the injury or prejudice of others.
(B) Dutch elm and ash bore disease.
(1) No person owning real estate within the village shall permit to grow thereon or remain thereon any elm tree infected with Dutch elm or ash bore disease, and to do so is hereby declared to be a nuisance.
(2) The owner of any premises within the village on which there is an elm tree infected with Dutch elm disease or an ash tree infected with ash bore disease shall remove the same immediately, upon discovering it, by cutting the same down. The tree so cut down, together with all its limbs, shall be removed by the owner.
(C) Weeds, grass, and trash. To permit the growth of any noxious weeds, grass, or plants, including, but not limited to, jimson, burdock, ragweed, thistle, cocklebur, or other weeds of like kind, or to permit any premises to be grown up with weeds and brush and grass to the height of eight inches or more, or to accumulate trash which may become injurious to the health of the community.
(D) Burning of lawn refuse. To burn lawn clippings and lawn refuse such as leaves, but not including refuse from trees.
(E) Disposal of waste from tree experts.
(1) All tree experts must, as part of any contract to trim or cut down one or more trees or remove any stump, remove all limbs, branches, or stumps or parts thereof (hereinafter referred to as “tree waste”) from the work site.
(2) It shall be unlawful for any tree expert to:
(a) Place any tree waste on public right-of-way for disposal as bulk waste by the village;
(b) Suggest that the owner of the property place any tree waste on public right-of-way for disposal as bulk waste by the village; or
(c) Offer or agree to reduce the contract price by the amount of costs of disposal of tree waste.
(F) Tree expert. For purposes of this section, a TREE EXPERT means any person, partnership, corporation, firm, or any other entity of any description who trims or removes trees or stumps from any property other than which they own, operate, or otherwise control.
(Ord. 2023-04, passed 4-18-2023) Penalty, see § 90.99
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