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ORDINANCE
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PURPOSE:
BAN COTTONWOOD TREE PLANTING
INITIATED BY:
COUNCIL MEMBER DENNIS McHUGH
A GENERAL ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF OSHKOSH CREATING SECTION 26-
14.1 PERTAINING TO COTTONWOOD TREES
THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF OSHKOSH DO ORDAINS AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. That Section 26-14.1 of the Oshkosh Municipal Code pertaining to
COTTONWOOD TREES is created to read as follows:
Section 26-14.1
PLANTING OF COTTONWOD TREES PROHITIBITED
No person shall plant, nor cause to be planted, the Eastern Cottonwood tree (Populus
deltoides) on any private property in the City of Oshkosh, the new planting of such trees
being declared a public nuisance. The abatement provisions of this Article shall apply.
SECTION 2. This ordinance shall be effective upon passage and publication as
provided by law.