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ORDINANCE NO. 113-10
AN ORDINANCE AMZNDII�
SECTION 602 HA7.AAil()US �
AND DISEASED TREES, OF .
THE PRIOR LAKE CITY CODE
The City Council of the City of
Prior Lake does hereby ordain:
Section 1. City Code Section
602 is deleted in its entirety and
replaced with a new Section 602 to
read as follows:
-- 602.100 -Declaration of policy.: A ffidavit of Publication
The presence of forest pests and
shade tree pests, the presence of
diseases and fungi, the loss or ill Southwest Newspapers
health of trees, the existence of
hazardous trees, the failure to
dispose of downed trees and the
existence of limbs over streets State of Minnesota
and sidewalks substantially �
depreciate the value of property �SS.
within the City and impair the
safety, good order, general welfare County of Scott �
and convenience of the public. In
addition to and in accordance with
Minn. Stat. §§ 89.001, 89.01, and 89.51-
.64, the provisions of this section
are adopted as an effort to control Laurie A. Hartrnann, being duly swom, on oath says that she is the publisher or the authorized
and prevent the spread of these agent of the publisher of the newspapers known as the Shakopee Valley News, Jordan Indepen-
forest pests and shade tree pests, to dent, Prior Lake American and Savage Pacer, and has full knowledge of the facts herein stated as
prevent the spread of diseases and follows:
fungi, and to provide for the removal
of hazardous and diseased trees. (A) These newspapers have complied with the requirements consrituting qualification as a legal
602.200 Authority. news a er as rovided b Minnesota Statute 331A.02, 331A.07, and other a licable laws, as
602.201 City Manager. The City P P � p Y PP
Manager and his or her designee amended.
(hereinafter the Ciry Manager and (�
his or her designee are collectively (B) The printed public notice that is attached to this Affidavit and identified as No. �`� �d
referred to as the "City Manager") was published on the date or dates and in the newspaper stated in the attached Notice and said
has the authority to enforce every Norice is hereby incorporated as part of this Affidavit. Said notice was cut from the columns of
provision of this Section. The the newspaper specified. Printed below is a copy of the lower case alphabet from A to Z, both
City Manager has the authority to inclusive, and is hereby acknowledged as being the kind and size of type used in the composition
seek from any court of competent
jurisdiction an order directing and publicarion of the Notice:
immediate abatement of any
public nuisance, hazardous or abcdefgh�jklmnopqrstuvwxyz
diseased tree. If the City Manager
determines that any nuisance, �
hazardous or diseased tree is an ���1 �
immediate danger to any person Y� �' �.(ti!
or property, the City Manager may Laurie A. Hartmann
cause immediate abatement of the
nuisance.
602.?A2 Local Pest
Control. The City Manager Subscribed and swom before me on
shall develop a program plan in
compliance with M.S. 18G.13 and
the regulations issued pursuant .�
thereto, for the identification and this '�I day of �� L� 2013
�ontrol of diseased trees, and shall
be responsible for the making and
cnaintenance ot' a11 records and JYMME JEANNETTE BARK
reports related to the program.
Phe City Manager shall act as , "+0'A!�'!' PI;BllC • V�'NNESOTA
�oordinator between the State � �/ �`�� ,�; MY COI�MSSIQN EXARES 01131118
"ommissioner of Agriculture and N Public
the City in the conduct of this
program.
602.203 Investigation and
Diagnosis. The City shall employ
�r retain suitably qualified
�ersons, who shall be certified
is a tree inspectors by the State RA �NF�RMAT��N
�ommissioner of Agriculture.
Che tree inspectors shall inspect Lowest classified rate paid by commercial users for comparable space.... $31.20 per column inch
�11 premises and places within Maximum rate allowed by law for the above mattet ................................ $31.20 per column inch
:he City as often as practicable to
ietermine whether any nuisance Rate actuaily charged for the above matter .............................................. $12.59 per column inch
�escribed in this Section exists.
Che tree inspectors shall investigate
�11 reported incidents of nuisance
-elated to trees as set forth in
:his Section. The tree inspectors '
�hall, upon finding indications
�f pests, disease or fungi, take .
idditional steps for diagnosis as
nay be appropriate, which may
nclude analysis of twig samples
'rom actively wilting branches,
;rown dieback or D shaped exit
ioles, and/or other field symptoms
is acceptable by the Minnesota
)epartment of Agriculture.
602.204 Private Property. City
�taff and contractors may enter
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