A. No person shall permit or maintain on any lot or parcel of land any elm tree or dead elm tree infected with the fungus known as Dutch elm disease as determined by analysis. No person shall permit or maintain on any lot or parcel of land any ash tree or dead ash tree infected with emerald ash borer as determined by analysis.
B. The Director of Public Works is authorized to enter upon any lot or parcel of land to obtain specimens of any elm tree or dead elm tree, or any ash tree or dead ash tree. It shall be unlawful for any person to prohibit such entry.
C. If any elm tree or dead elm tree is found to be infected with Dutch elm disease, the owner of the lot or parcel of land upon which said elm tree or dead elm tree is located, shall within ten (10) days' notice remove the same. If any ash tree or dead ash tree is found to be infected with the emerald ash borer, the owner of the lot or parcel of land upon which said ash tree or dead ash tree is located, shall within ten (10) days' notice remove the same. Notice shall be in person or by registered mail to the last known address of the owner. In the event the owner fails to remove an infected tree the Village may remove and burn the same or dispose of the same and charge the cost thereof against the owner of the lot or parcel of land. The Village also adopts and incorporates by reference 65 Illinois Compiled Statutes 5/11-20-12, entitled "removal of infected trees", as part of this Chapter. (Ord. O-20-15, 9-14-2015; amd. Ord. O-28-22, 6-27-2022)