The following are declared to be public nuisances whenever and wherever they may be found within the designated Dutch elm disease and/or oak wilt control areas within the city.
(A) Any standing or living tree or part thereof infected to any degree with the Dutch elm disease fungus, Ceratocystis ulmi (Busiman Moreau), or which harbors any of the elm bark beetles: Scolytus multistriatus (Eichh) or Hylurgopinus rugipes (Marsch). And also any dead elm tree or part thereof with bark intact including logs, branches, stumps, or firewood which has not been disposed of properly.
(B) Any living or standing tree or part thereof in the red oak group (red oak, pin oak, scarlet oak, black oak) infected to any degree with oak wilt fungus, Ceratocystis fagecearum (Bretz) Hunt.
(C) Also, any living or standing tree in the white oak group (white oak, bur oak, bicolor oak) that poses a threat of transmission of the oak wilt fungus to other trees of the same species through interconnected root systems.
(Ord. 14-4, passed 11-8-1993) Penalty, see § 94.99