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<br /> <br />\[1\] <br />Chapter 46 - NUISANCES <br />Footnotes: <br />--- (1) --- <br />State Law reference— Authority to define and abate nuisances, Minn. Stats. § 412.221, subd. 23. <br />Cross reference— Nuisance animals, § 10-6; declaration of nuisance for oak wilt and dutch elm disease, § 82-34. <br />Sec. 46-34. - Public nuisances. <br />(a)The following are declared to be public nuisances: <br />(20)To permit or allow upon one's private property a tree which is dead, diseased or <br />otherwise not maintaining foliage on more than 50 percent thereof in the growing season. <br /> <br />\[1\] <br />Chapter 82 - VEGETATION <br />Footnotes: <br />--- (1) --- <br />Cross reference— Land development regulations, ch. 30; buildings and building regulations, § 30-61 et seq.; subdivisions, § 30-321 et <br />seq.; design standards for preservation of trees and other vegetation in subdivisions, § 30-415; zoning, § 30-571 et seq.; natural <br />resources, ch. 42; parks and recreation, ch. 54; streets, sidewalks and other public places, ch. 66. <br /> <br />ARTICLE I. - IN GENERAL <br />Secs. 82-1—82-29. - Reserved. <br />\[2\] <br />ARTICLE II. - DISEASE TREES <br />Footnotes: <br />--- (2) --- <br />Editor's note— Ord. No. 13-11, adopted May 20, 2013, changed the title of art. II from "Oak Wilt and Dutch Elm Disease" to "Disease <br />Trees." <br />State Law reference— Shade tree disease control, Minn. Stats. § 18.023. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Sec. 82-30. - Definition. <br />Diseased tree means any diseased or insect-infested tree that poses a threat to other <br />trees in the community. <br />(Ord. No. 13-11, § 1, 5-20-2013) <br /> <br /> <br />Sec. 82-31. - Purpose of article. <br />The city council has found and determined that the health of a variety of trees within <br />the municipal limits is threatened by fatal diseases or insect-infested trees. They have <br />further found and determined that the loss of trees growing upon public or private <br />property would substantially depreciate the value of property within the city and <br />impair the safety, good order, and general welfare of the public. It is declared to be <br />the intention of the Council to control and prevent the spread of these diseases and <br />this article is enacted for that purpose. <br /> <br />