(a) The word "trees," as used in this section, includes shrubs which grow higher than fifteen feet, and the word "growth" includes any or all thereof, the context otherwise requires.
(b) The owner or occupant of any premises on which is located any tree or other growth, shall, if such tree or growth is infected by disease or by injurious insects, destroy the same when notified by the Department of Public Works in accordance with the laws and rules and regulations of the local, County, State and Federal authorities and according to the laws and rules and regulations of the Extension Service of Michigan State University cooperating with the Agricultural Departments of the State of Michigan and the Federal Government.
(c) No owner or occupant of property in the Township shall have and maintain a tree upon said property that, because of its condition, is dangerous and a peril to the public health and safety.
(d) The owner or occupant of premises upon which there is a tree dangerous to the public health and safety shall be notified of the same by the Department of Public Works, and in such notice the Department of Public Works shall designate the time within which the owner or occupant must remove said dangerous tree.
(e) The opinion of the Superintendent of the Department of Public Works, or his or her designee, as to the dangerous condition of the tree shall be conclusive, but the Superintendent, or his or her designee, may determine that only a portion of the tree must be removed.
(f) No owner or occupant shall fail to comply with the order of the Department of Public Works.
(g) If the owner or occupant cannot be served with notice, then the Department of Public Works may elect to treat the dangerous tree condition as a dangerous structure and serve the owner of the premises according to substituted service by mailing a copy of such order to the last known owner according to the latest assessment rolls of the Township under a Resolution adopted by the Township Board on December 23, 1968, in accordance with Act 217 of the Public Acts of 1968, as amended, and cite the same to the reviewing officer, and all provisions and conditions of said Resolution are hereby incorporated by reference.