Section 8.56.040 Public nuisances declared.

The council having determined that the health of the elm trees within the city is threatened by a fatal disease known as the Dutch elm disease hereby declares the following to be public nuisances:

1. Any living or standing elm tree or part thereof infected with the Dutch elm disease fungus or which harbors any of the elm bark beetles, that is scolytus multistriatus (eichb.), or hylurgopinus rufipes (marsh).

2. Any dead elm tree or part thereof including logs, branches, stumps, firewood or other elm material from which the bark has not been removed and burned or sprayed with an effective elm bark beetle destroying insecticide. (Ord. S-10508, 1968; S-4536, 1965)