The city has determined that the health of oak and elm trees is threatened by fatal diseases known as oak wilt and Dutch elm disease. It has further determined that the loss of oak and elm trees located on public, and private, property would substantially depreciate the value of property and impair the safety, good order, general welfare, and convenience of the public. It is declared to be the intention of the Council to control, and prevent, the spread of these diseases, and provide for the removal of dead, or diseased, trees, as nuisances.
(Prior Code, § 10.50)