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Ordinance No. 2008-156 If the tree is not so removed and burned within five davs ai"ter the service or posnng of the notice, the Director of Public Service shall cause the tree to be so removed and burned The cost of removal and burning shall be reported to the owner of the property if he can be found, and also to Council, and if the cost is not paid within thirtv davs of such report, the owner of the prouertv shall be liable to the Citv for the cost of such removal and burning, to be recovered in a civil action before anv court having iurisdiction thereof. 949.03 CUTTING AND TRIMMING REQUIRED. (a) No owner, lessee, occupant or other person having the charge or management of any lot or parcel of land situated within the City, whether improved or ummproved, vacant or occupied, shall cause, permit, or suffer: (1) Any lawn or grass, weed, or vine to grow to a height in excess of six inches upon said lot or parcel; (2) Any noxious or poisonous weeds or vines, as defined by the Ohio Department of Agriculture at Section 901:5-31-01 of the Ohio Administrative Code, to grow upon said lot or parcel; (3) Any tree, plant, grass or shrubbery or part thereof to grow upon said lot or parcel in an untrimmed condition. (b) The prohibitions of this section shall not apply to any undeveloped lot or parcel in its natural condition which is either one acre or larger in area, or abuts either I-480 or land which is part of the Metroparks System. BE AMENDED, AND, AS AMENDED, SHALL READ AS FOLLOWS: 949. 01 REMOVAL OF DISEASED TREES. The Director of Public Service is authorized to inspect any trees within the City reported or supposed to be infected with the Dutch elm disease, or the virus disease phloem necrosis, commonly known as elm blight. If upon such inspection the Director of Public Service determines that such tree is infected with either of such diseases, he shall, if the tree is in any public street, ground or place within the City, immediately remove and b*r* properlv dispose of the same in such manner as to prevent as fully as possible the spread of such disease. If such tree is located on private property, the Director of Public Service shall immediately serve upon the owner of such property a written notice that such tree is so infected and that the same must be removed and bumed disposed of properly under the supervision of the Director of Public (b) Whoever violates anyo uther provision of this chapter is guiltv of a minor