No person owning or operating any bus lines or other motor transportation over the city streets, or any public utility lines upon, above or below the surface, shall trim, cut or cause it to be trimmed or cut, along any public way or park, without first having submitted to the department of building and engineering a plan of the work to be done and having procured a permit for such work; provided, however, that, nothing in this section shall be construed to apply to the removal, under the direction of the Department, of any stump, roots, tree, shrub, vine, plant or part thereof, wherever such removal shall be found necessary in the construction or repair of any street, sidewalk, sewer, pavement or other public improvement.
(Prior Code, § 36-8) Penalty, see § 175.999
Statutory reference:
Removal of trees by public utilities, see M.C.L.A. § 560.190