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48. Protection from Disease and Pestilence Spread by Infested Wood Selected text was: "No person shall store or permit the accumulation of any pine or elm wood in the City of Ramsey that has not been debarked. No person shall store any tree or part thereof declared to harbor or contain any pest infestation as defined in Section __ of this Chapter, unless the wood is debarked prior to storage." 49. Protection from Dutch Elm Disease Selected text was: "That any and all trees within the City of Ramsey infected with Dutch elm disease or oak wilt shall be removed from their sites and destroyed." The cost of removing Elm trees infected with the Dutch Elm fungus on private property shall be borne by the property owner." 50. Tree Protection Selected text was: "Subdivision and development plans shall be designed to preserve natural vegetation areas as much as possible. Streets, parcels, structures and parking areas shall be laid out to minimize the destruction of wooded areas or outstanding tree speciments. Developers of land are encouraged to presetwe wooded areas as public or private open space." Where in authorized excavations, it becomes necessary to expose or cut roots that are greater than one (1) inch in diameter or are within the dripline of any tree, it shall be the duty of the contractor to protect the roots in accordance with the Forestry Policies and Specifications. During the erection, repair, alteration or removal of any building, house or structure in the City, any person, firm, or corporation in charge of such work shall protect any tree in any public place with the City in the vicinity of such building or building with sufficient guards or protectors to prevent injury to such tree." 50.A Tree Protection Selected text was: "At thc time of preliminary plat application, a tree preservation plan is to be submitted by all developers, builders and soil disturbance project area facilitators in accordance with the City of Ramsey Tree Preservation Administrative Guidelines Policy." 51. Tree Preservation: Minimum Standard Tree Density Discussion ensued regarding efforts to draft a formula for tree requirements for developments based on canopy cover versus stem counts. Mr. Max will report back to the Task Force at the next regular meeting regarding a timeline for the canopy cover subcommittee to develop such a formula. 52. Tree Preservation: Tree Density Standard Calculation Canopy cover subcommittee will address this item. 53. Tree Preservation Areas Canopy cover subcommittee will address this item.