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B. License Required. It shall be unlawful for any individual, partnership, or corporation to conduct, as a
<br />business for profit, the cutting, trimming, pruning, removing, spraying or otherwise treating trees, shrubs
<br />or vines in the city without having secured a license from the city to conduct such business.
<br />C. Application for a license under this chapter shall be made on a form approved by the city and shall
<br />include, among other things, the name and address of the applicant, the number of and names of
<br />employees of the applicant, and a description of vehicles and equipment used for the business, including
<br />license plate numbers if applicable. It shall also include proof of compliance with Minn. Stat. § 18G.07.
<br />D. Insurance Requirements. No license or renewal of a license shall be granted, nor shall the same be
<br />effective, until the applicant has filed with the city a certificate of insurance evidencing the holding of
<br />liability insurance and the limits required by Minnesota Statutes and proof of workers' compensation
<br />insurance. The city shall be named and the insurance provided shall include the city as an additional party
<br />insured. Said policy shall provide that it may not be canceled by the insurer except after ten (10) days
<br />written notice to the city and, if such insurance is so canceled and the licensee fails to replace the same
<br />with another policy conforming to the provisions of this chapter, said license shall be automatically
<br />suspended until such insurance has been replaced.
<br />E. License Fee. The annual license fee shall be determined by the city's annual Fee Schedule.
<br />Subd. 3 Nuisances Declared see. 113-d /' Ail ICI..6ruanc^c Dar- ar^�►
<br />A. The following are considered public nuisances, as their conditions represent a threat to the health of the
<br />overall community forest. The city may submit a wood sample to a laboratory, such as the University of
<br />Minnesota's Plant Disease Clinic, to confirm the presence of the disease or pest.
<br />1. Any elm tree or part thereof infected to any degree with Dutch Elm Disease fungi (either Ophiostoma
<br />ulmi or Ophiostoma novo-ulmi), or which harbors any elm bark beetle (Hylurgopinus rufipes),
<br />European elm bark beetle (Scolytus multistriatus), or banded elm bark beetle (Scolytus schevyrewi),
<br />collectively referred to as elm bark beetles.
<br />2. Any dead elm tree or part thereof, including logs, branches, stumps, firewood or other elm material
<br />not properly covered and sealed or from which the bark has not been removed or sprayed with an
<br />effective insecticide for elm bark beetles; except that the stockpiling of uncovered bark bearing elm
<br />wood shall be permitted during the months of October through March.
<br />3. Any tree, or part thereof, within the Red Oak family (northern red oak, northern pin oak, pin oak, and
<br />black oak), infected to any degree with the oak wilt fungus (Bretziella fagacearum). This includes any
<br />diseased material that is potentially spore producing (PSP).
<br />4. Any tree, or part thereof, within the White Oak family (white oak, bur oak, swamp white oak, and
<br />chinkapin oak), that poses a threat of transmission of the oak wilt fungus to other trees of the same
<br />species through grafted roots.
<br />5. Any ash tree (Fraxinus spp.) or part thereof, infected to any degree with Emerald Ash Borer
<br />Agrilus planipennis.
<br />6. Any tree deemed by the city to be hazardous, which may include structural defects in the roots, stem,
<br />and/or branches, that could cause the tree to fail and, should it fall, would land within a public right-
<br />of-way or upon public land.
<br />Subd. 4. Nuisance Trees 1- — " I 1--J "111ic.,Ree tr^^c►
<br />A. Diseese e pert hrifiTrtedtrees Any tree located within the city, which is determined by a certified arborist
<br />or a certified tree inspector to be a nuisance tree, as defined above, tee+ h am. y d'a.geFE) 5 ^r
<br />, eEt;eus arse,-+ infestatien ^r plant, disease-.. may be declared a public nuisance. This hall inE'de tees
<br />and shFubs haRb..eFM,,g M*--rie-is insects Ar pathepens that may cause signifir-ant potential dampiar tE) the
<br />GE) mI; A nuisance tree can be declared hazardous or potentially hazardous if circumstances
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<br />warrant immediate action to abate that nuisance.
<br />1. The city, or its designate, may remove or cause or order to be removed, any nuisance tree or part
<br />thereof.
<br />(Supp. No. 12, Update 2)
<br />Created: 2023-07-25 12:16:48 [EST]
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