The Council may by ordinance declare any vertebrate or invertebrate animal, plant pathogen, parasitic plant or allied organism in the community threatening to cause significant damage on an epidemic level to a shade tree or community forest, as defined by Minnesota Statutes section 89.001, to be a shade tree pest and prescribe control measures to effectively eradicate, control, or manage the shade tree pest, including necessary timelines for action as recommended by the Minnesota Department of Agriculture and the University of Minnesota Extension. (Ord. 1004, 11-19-2018)