Whenever, pursuant to a permit granted or commission order, a tree or shrub is to be removed, such removal shall be by the city and at city expense, unless the commission shall find that such tree or shrub is not dead or dying and its continued existence does not create a dangerous or defective condition upon public property, in which case its removal shall be deemed to be for the convenience of the property owner.
(Prior code § 23.54 (Ord. 852 §18))