A. The provisions of this section shall be enforced by the city administrator. The city administrator, or his duly authorized representative, is hereby authorized, after giving written notice of his intent and purpose, to enter in or upon any premises in the city, at all reasonable hours, for the purpose of inspecting such premises as he, or his duly authorized representative, has reasonable cause to believe may contain diseased trees or breeding places of the elm bark beetle or the emerald ash borer.
B. The city administrator, or his duly authorized representative, may remove from such trees such samples, borings or specimens as are required for the purpose of making a laboratory analysis to determine whether any tree located thereon is a diseased tree or is a breeding place of the elm bark beetle or emerald ash borer. It shall be unlawful for any person to prevent the city administrator, or his duly authorized representative, from entering upon such premises for the purpose of carrying out his duties hereunder or to interfere with the city administrator, or his duly authorized representative, in the performance of his lawful duties under the provisions of this section.
C. The city administrator shall follow any and all rules and regulations applicable to the removal of diseased trees as may be adopted from time to time by the United States department of agriculture or the Illinois department of agriculture. (Ord. 0-12-12, 4-9-2012)