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r CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED ORDINANCE NO. 64---~; Page 2 Director of Public Service shall cause said tree to be so removed and burned. The cost of said removal and burning 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 report, the owner of said property shall be liable to the City of North Olmsted for the cost of such removal and burning, to be recovered in a civil action before any court having jurisdiction thereof. " be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows: Section 1: That the Director of Public Service is authorized 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 Necrosis, com- monly known as Elm Blight. If upon such inspection the Director of Public Service determines that such tree is infected with either of said diseases, 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 spread of such disease. If such tree is located on private property, said Director of Public Service shall immediately serve upon the owner of such property a written notice that such tree is so infect~ci and that the same must be removed and burned under the supervision of said Director of Public Service within five days of the service of said notice . If such owner cannot be found, a copy of said notice shall be polled upon s1~;d infected tree. If said tree is not so removed and burned within five days after tha service or posting of said notice, the Director of Public Service shall cause said tree to be so removed and burned. The cost of said removal and burning 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 report, the owner of said property shall be liable to the City of North Olmsted for the cost cf such removal and burning, to be recovered in a civil action before any court having jurisdiction thereof. Section 2. That if upon the inspection of any tree within the City of North Olmsted reported or supposed to be infected as set forth in Section 1 hereof, it is impossible to determine with certainty the existence of either of said diseases in such tree, it is hereby determined that in such event specimens from said tree shall be forwarded for complete examination, diagnosis and report to either the Ohio Agricultural Station at Wooster, Ohio, qr to the United States Department of Agricultural Station at Deltsville, Maryland, and the action 6 the Director of Public Service under this ordinance shalt await and be determined by the report received from such examination and diagnosis . Section 3: Whoever being the owner of private property on whose premises there is a tree with Dutch Elm disease or the virus Phloem Necrosis, commonly known as Elm Blight, who fails to comply with the notice to remove and burn such tree after notice as provided in Section 1 hereof, shall be „f guilty of a misdemeanor and urn conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not less than Five Ibllars ncr more than Forty-Nine Dollars. Each. day's violation shall constitu#e a separate offense and shall be subject to the penalties h~einbefore set forth.