(a) Any female Boxelder tree which is or could be the breeding place for boxelder bugs (Leptocoris Trivittas) is hereby declared to be a public nuisance. No person shall maintain the same on his or her property after notification as herein provided.
(b) Any such tree located on public lands in the City shall be removed at City expense under the direction of the Superintendent of Public Works.
(c) The Superintendent or any person designated by him or her may enter upon private property to make field inspections of Boxelder trees. This shall include the right to remove specimens for analysis.
(d) After inspection of the tree, the Superintendent may require, by written notice addressed either to the owner of the premises on which the tree is located or to the occupant of such premises, the removal of such tree. Such notice shall give the person so notified a definite time in which to comply with such notice, which time shall be at least fifteen days following the date of such notice. If such tree is not removed within the time given in the notice, the Superintendent shall report the failure to remove such tree to the Ordinance Enforcement Officer.
(e) No damages shall be awarded for the destruction of any tree or for any injury to the same in carrying out this section.
(Ord. 84. Passed 5-4-65; Ord. 388. Passed 12-7-23.)