747.07 DUTCH ELM DISEASE AND DUTCH ELM DISEASED TREES DECLARED TO BE NUISANCES.

   It is hereby declared and determined that the following things and conditions are nuisances which may be abated by the Director of Public Works or the Director of Safety, as provided in Chapter 107 of the Codified Ordinances, to-wit:

   (a)   Dutch Elm disease.

   (b)   Elm bark beetles.

   (c)   Any living or standing elm tree, or part thereof, infested with the Dutch Elm disease fungus, or in a weakened condition which harbors any of the elm bark beetles.

   (d)   Any dead elm tree or part thereof, including logs, branches, stumps, firewood or other elm tree material from which the bark has not been removed, burned or buried.

      (Ord. 70-29. Enacted 2-23-70.)