(A) The city shall be responsible for the total cost of the removal of trees; but no trees shall be removed without the prior written consent of the City Tree Inspector. The city shall have no responsibility for costs in the event trees are removed by any person or entity without advance written consent of the City Tree Inspector.
(B) An owner of real property within the city shall promptly remove any dead or diseased trees and any tree or trees that are hazardous to the public that exist on his or her property. In any event, a property owner shall remove any such tree or trees within 20 days after receipt of a notice from the City Tree Inspector. If the property owner fails to remove the tree or trees as required by the notice, the city shall have the right to remove the tree or trees, and to assess the cost of removal against the real property whereon the tree or trees exist. The costs of removal shall then be payable with and in addition to the property owner’s regular real estate taxes. In the case of dead or diseased trees, removal of the tree(s) includes removal and debarking of the stump or stumps to the ground line, in order to eliminate all possibilities of beetle habitation or spore formation. M.S. § 18.023, Subdivision 2, and Minnesota Rules, Parts 1505.0210, 1505.0240 and 1505.0340, as they may be amended from time to time, shall be and hereby are incorporated herein by reference and made a part hereof.
(Ord. 219, passed 3-6-1995) Penalty, see § 10.99