(A) Any tree or part thereof, whether living or dead, infected with or attacked by ceratocyctis ulmi (the Dutch Elm disease) is hereby declared to be a nuisance. It shall be unlawful to permit any tree or part thereof so infected to remain in the village.
(B) Members of the Police Department or the Public Works Department of the village are hereby authorized to inspect and examine any tree in the village to determine whether or not it is infected by the Dutch Elm disease. Upon discovering that any such tree is so infected, the owner or occupant of the premises shall be notified of this fact.
(C) It shall be the duty of the owner or occupant of any land upon which such diseased tree or part thereof exists to have the same removed and burned within ten days of notice by the Police Department or Public Works Department that such tree or part thereof is so infected.
(D) Where the owner or occupant of the premises concerned does not properly dispose of such infected trees within the ten days after such notice, or where the owner or occupant cannot be located, the members of the Police Department or Public Works Department are hereby authorized
to remove and destroy such infected tree.
('79 Code, § 1002) Penalty, see § 100.99