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2009-10BILL NO. 2009-1.0 AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO DISEASED TREE REMOVAL; AMENDING SUBECTION 910.15 OF THE RICHFIELD CITY CODE THE CITY OF RICHFIELD DOES ORDAIN: Section 1. Subsection 910.15 of the Richfield City Code is amended to read as follows: 910.15. Abatement of plant pests; nuisances. In abating the nuisances defined in this section, the Public Works Director shall cause the infected tree or wood to be sprayed, removed, burned, or otherwise effectively treated to destroy and prevent as fully as possible the spread of plant pests. The abatement procedures shall be carried out in accordance with current technical and expert opinions and plans as designed by the commissioner of agriculture. Whenever the Public Works Director finds with reasonable certainty that shade tree disease exists in any tree or wood on private property in the city, he shall notify the owner ~f ;+ ,~ ..n ~r;.,,+o of the property by certified mail or hand delivery, that the nuisance must be abated within a specified time period, as determined by the Public Works Director ''n ,+~"~ ,nor n„+;f,,,~+;,,., „f +"o nr.,nor+., ,,,^,ror. If the tree or trees have not been removed within the time ~0-d-~y period specified in the notice to the owner, the Public Works Director shall abate the nuisance ~^~~+"moo ~s and the cost of abatement shall be assessed against the property. A tree with shade tree disease located on public property shall be removed ~^~~+"~ ~s after identification by the Public Works Director. Sec. 2. This ordinance shall be effective in accordance with Section 3.09 of the Richfield City Charter. Passed by the City Council of the City of Richfield, Minnesota this 28th day of April, 2009. c Debbie Goettel, Mayor ATTEST: ~~n _ Nancy Gibb ,City Clerk !~ --w:z~~« newspapers AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION STATE OF MINNESOTA ) ) SS. COUNTY OF HENNEPIN ) Richard Hendrickson, being duly sworn on an oath, states or affirms that he is the Chief Financial Officer of the newspaper(s) known as Richfield Sun-Current and has full knowledge of the facts stated below: (A) The newspaper has complied with all of the requirements constituting qualifica- tion as a qualified newspaper as provid- ed by Minn. Stat. §331A.02, §331A.07, and other applicable laws as amended. (B) The printed public notice that is attached was published in said newspaper(s) once each week, for one successive week(s); it was first published on Thurs- day, the 7 day of May 2009, and was thereafter printed and published on every Thursday to and in- cluding Thursday, the _____ day of 2009; and printed below is a copy of the lower case alpha- betfrom A to Z, both inclusive, which is hereby acknowledged as being the size and kind of type used in the composition and publication of the notice: abcd of g h ij kl m no pq rstu vwxyz c BY: CFO Subscribed and sworn to or affirmed before me on this 7 day of May , 2009. Notary Public MARY ANN CARLSON NOTARY PUBLIC -MINNESOTA MY COMMISSION EXPIRES 1.91-14 City of Richfield (Official Publication) BILL NO. 2009-10 AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO DISEASED TREE REMOVAL; AMENDING SUBECTION 910.15 OF THE RICHFIELD CITY CODE THE CITY OF RICHFIELD DOES ORDAIN: Section 1. Subsection 910.15 of the Richfield City Code is amended to-read as follows: 910.15. Abatement of plant pests; nuisances. In abating the nuisances defined in this section, the Public Works Di- rectorshall cause the infected tree or wood to be sprayed, removed, burned, or otherwise effectively treated to de- stroy and prevent as fully as possible the spread of plant pests. The abatement procedures shall be carried out in accordance with current technical and expert opinions and plans as designed bythe commissioner of agriculture. Whenever the Public Works Director finds with reasonable certainty that shade tree disease exists in any tree or wood on private property in the city, he shall notify the owner i#itis-e~i+~aie of the property by certified mail or hand delivery, that the nuisance must be abated within a specified time period. as determined by the Public Works Director . If the tree or trees have not been removed within the times 29~day period specified in the notice to the owner, the Pub- lic Works Director shall abate the nuisance wiNaia-2A-days and the cost of abatement shall be assessed against the property. A tree with shade tree disease located on pub- lic property shall be removed wiH~ia-29-days after identifi- cation by the Public Works Director. Sec. 2. This ordinance shall be effective in accor- dance with Section 3.09 of the Richfield City Charter. Passed by the City Council of the City of Richfield, Minnesota this 28th day of April, 2009. Debbie Goettel, Mayor ATTEST: Nancy Gibbs, City Clerk (May 7, 2009) d2-bill 2009-10