A. The public works director shall be responsible for the control of infectious diseases and the removal of any trees on village property physically damaged to the extent that they cannot be saved.
B. All trees infected with an infectious disease as determined by the public works director are hereby declared to be a public nuisance. The public works director is authorized to enter onto any public or private property to remove any tree so infected when the owner of such property refuses or neglects to test and remove such tree.
C. If it is determined that any tree is so infected, the public works director shall notify the owner of the premises upon which the tree is located in writing to remove such tree. If the owner does not cause the same to be removed and destroyed within ten (10) days of receipt of such notification, the public works director shall enter upon such property and remove such tree. Express power to so enter upon such lands and remove such tree is hereby conferred upon such public works director. Any costs or expenses incurred by the village in removing any tree so diseased shall be charged to the owner and, if not paid within thirty (30) days after billing, become a lien upon the real estate affected, provided the village files a notice of lien in the office of recorder of deeds in the county in which the real estate is located. (Ord. G-637, 7-13-1999)