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f , i,"'" «°. 211 ORIINANCE NO, 64 -_A= ? s CITY OF NORTH OLM3TED ? ? Paqe 2 Dlrector of Public Service shall cause said tree to be so remavad and burned. The cost of said removal and burninq shall be reported to the owner of said property if he can be found, and also to the Council, and if said cost is not paid within thirty days of such repoct, the owner of said property shall be liable to the City of North Olmsted for the cost of such removal and burninq, to be recovered in a civil action before any court hevinq jurisdiction thereof. " be and the same is hereby amended to read as follaws: Section 1: That the Director of Public Se:vice is authexized to inspect any trees within the City of North Olmsted reported or supposed to be infected with the Dutch Elm disease, or the virus disease Phloem Nscrosia, com- monly known as Elm Blight. If upon such inspection the Directot of lublic Service determines that such tree is infected with either of said diseases, 46 shall, if the tree is in any public street, ground or place within the City of North Olmsted, immediately remove and burn the same in such manner as to prevent as fully as possible doe spread of such disease. If such tree is located on private property, said Director of Public Service shall immediately se:ve upon the owner of such property a written notice that such tree is so infected and that the same must be removed and burned under the supecvision of said Dlrector of Public Service within.five days of the service of said notice. If such awner cannot be found, a copy of said notice shall be posled upon aadd infected tree. If said tree is not so removed and burned within five days after the service or postinq of said notice, the Director of Publtc Sezvice shall cause said trea to be so removed and burned. The cost of said removal and burninq shall be reported to the owner of said property if he can be found, and also to the Council, and if said cost is not paid within thirty days of such repott, the ownar of said property shall be liable to the City of North Olmsted for the oost d . such removal and burninq, to be recovered in a Qivil action before any oourt having jurisdiction thereof. . Section 2. That if upon the inspection of any tree within tha City of North Olmsted reported or supposed to be infeeted as set forth in Section 1 hereof, it is impossible to deterrriine with certainty the existanoe of either of said diaeaaes in such tree, it is hereby determined that in such event specimens from said tree shall be focwarded for complete examination, diagnosis and report to either the Ohio Aqrlcultural Slation at Wooster, Ohio, oc to the United States Department of Aqdcultural Station at Deltsville, Maryland, and the action 6 the Director of Public 3ervice undar tMs ordinance ahall await and be determined by the report received from such exanrination and diaqnosis. Section 3: Whoever being the awner of private property on wtase premises there is a tree with Dutch Elm diseaae or the virua Phlosm Necrosis, oc)mmonly knawn as Elm B11qht, who fails to oomply with the natice to mmove and bum such tree aftar notice as peovided in 3oction 1 hereof, shall be quilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not le:s than Five Dollars nar more than Faty-Nina Dollars. Each day's violation shall constitute a saparate offense and shall be subjeat to tha penalties hseinbefore set forth. ?