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MI Comp L § 247.221 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 247 - Highways|Act 283 of 1921 - Temporary Highways (247.221 - 247.221)|Section 247.221 - Temporary Road for Transportation of Forest Products.

247.221 Temporary road for transportation of forest products. Sec. 1.  Whenever any owner of any timber, logs, lumber, wood, poles, bark, ties or other forest products shall wish to have a temporary highway laid out for the purpose of hauling said timber, logs, lumber, wood, poles, bark, ties or other forest products to a place for manufacture, shipment or sale, he may, in writing, make application for such road to the owner or owners of said lands and in case said lands are unoccupied, to the agent or agents having charge of the same, and if the owner of said lands is a non-resident of the county and no known agent in charge, then application may be made to the commissioner of highways of the township in which said lands are situated. If the party desiring said road and the owner of said lands, his agent or representative, may agree on the amount of damages then he may forthwith enter upon said lands, lay out, prepare and use said highway, or if unable to agree upon the amount of damages, then said applicant for such road may have the commissioner of highways, the supervisor or some other suitable person in said township, under oath, appraise the damages to said lands on account of such highway, which said appraisal and application shall be filed in the office of the clerk of the circuit court for the county in which said lands are located and shall pay to the clerk the sum of 50 cents as a filing fee and thereupon said applicant may enter upon said premises, lay out, prepare and use said highway at any time after the first day of December of any year to and including the first day of April of the ensuing year, upon making, executing and delivering to the clerk of the county a bond in the penal sum of not less than 100 dollars and at least 5 times the amount of the appraised damages with sufficient surety in the name of the owner of the said lands, or if unknown, in the name of the highway commissioner and to his successors in office, to be approved by the county clerk of said county to secure the payment of all damages sustained by the owner of said lands on account of said highway: Provided, however, That said road does not go through the door yard or barn yard of the owner of said lands. History: 1921, Act 283, Eff. Aug. 18, 1921 ;-- CL 1929, 4075 ;-- CL 1948, 247.221
MI Comp L § 247.241 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 247 - Highways|Act 2 of 1921 (1st Ex. Sess.) - Trees and Shrubs (247.241 - 247.242)|Section 247.241 - Trees or Shrubs; Unlawful Cutting, Destruction; Penalty.

247.241 Trees or shrubs; unlawful cutting, destruction; penalty. Sec. 1.  It shall be unlawful to cut, destroy or otherwise injure any shade or ornamental tree or shrub growing within the limits of any public highway within the state of Michigan without the consent of the authorities having jurisdiction over such road. In the case of a trunk line or federal aided road the state highway commissioner shall be deemed to have such jurisdiction in all cases. It shall also be unlawful to affix to any such tree or shrub any picture, announcement, notice or advertisement or to negligently permit any animal to break down or injure the same. Any person violating any of the provisions of this act shall be deemed to be guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not more than 100 dollars or by imprisonment in the county jail for a period not exceeding 30 days, or by both such fine and imprisonment within the discretion of the court. History: 1921, 1st Ex. Sess., Act 2, Eff. Sept. 19, 1921 ;-- CL 1929, 4095 ;-- CL 1948, 247.241
MI Comp L § 247.242 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 247 - Highways|Act 2 of 1921 (1st Ex. Sess.) - Trees and Shrubs (247.241 - 247.242)|Section 247.242 - Trees or Shrubs; Planting and Protection.

247.242 Trees or shrubs; planting and protection. Sec. 2.  The state highway commissioner is hereby authorized and empowered as a part of the maintenance of trunk line and federal aided roads to protect trees and shrubs set out along and within the limits of such roads and to set out such trees and shrubs as may be furnished to him by the Michigan agricultural college, the department of conservation, or by any other state department or institution, or obtained from neighboring lands without cost, for the use and benefit of the public. The care of such trees shall be deemed to be a part of the road maintenance work. Boards of county road commissioners and township highway authorities shall likewise have power to set out and maintain such trees along, and within the limits of, roads under their respective jurisdictions. History: 1921, 1st Ex. Sess., Act 2, Eff. Sept. 19, 1921 ;-- CL 1929, 4096 ;-- CL 1948, 247.242
MI Comp L § 247.291 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 247 - Highways|Act 165 of 1917 - Closing Roads Under Construction or Repair (247.291 - 247.293)|Section 247.291 - Closing Highways or Bridges for Construction or Repair; Barriers; Highway, Definition.

247.291 Closing highways or bridges for construction or repair; barriers; highway, definition. Sec. 1.  The officials in charge of constructing, improving or repairing highways may close any highway or portion thereof, which is under process of construction, improvement or repair or upon which is located any bridge which is being constructed or repaired. No highway shall be closed under the provisions of this act until suitable barriers have been erected at the ends of the highway or of the closed portion thereof, and also at the point of intersection of such highway or portion thereof with other highways. Suitable barriers are those which conform to the manual of uniform traffic control devices adopted pursuant to section 608 of Act No. 300 of the Public Acts of 1949, being section 257.608 of the Compiled Laws of 1948. For the purposes of this act "highway" includes roads and streets. History: 1917, Act 165, Eff. Aug. 10, 1917 ;-- CL 1929, 4626 ;-- CL 1948, 247.291 ;-- Am. 1966, Act 176, Imd. Eff. July 1, 1966
MI Comp L § 247.292 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 247 - Highways|Act 165 of 1917 - Closing Roads Under Construction or Repair (247.291 - 247.293)|Section 247.292 - Closing of Highways or Bridges for Construction or Repair; Detours, Notices, Removal of Barriers on Completion of Work.

247.292 Closing of highways or bridges for construction or repair; detours, notices, removal of barriers on completion of work. Sec. 2.  No highway shall be closed under the provisions of this act until suitable detours around the same, or the closed portion thereof, are provided and are placed in reasonably safe and passable condition for traffic. Notices in the form of plainly legible signs shall be placed by the highway officials having such work in charge at either end of the closed highway or portion of highway and at such intermediate points along the detour, or detours, as may be necessary to plainly mark the same. Upon the completion of the work of construction, improvement or repair and as soon as the highway or bridge constructed, improved or repaired shall be in suitable condition for public travel, all barriers, marks and signs whatsoever erected under the provisions hereof shall be at once removed by the officials erecting or placing the same. History: 1917, Act 165, Eff. Aug. 10, 1917 ;-- CL 1929, 4627 ;-- CL 1948, 247.292 ;-- Am. 1966, Act 176, Imd. Eff. July 1, 1966
MI Comp L § 247.293 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 247 - Highways|Act 165 of 1917 - Closing Roads Under Construction or Repair (247.291 - 247.293)|Section 247.293 - Refusal to Provide Barriers; Penalty.

247.293 Refusal to provide barriers; penalty. Sec. 3.  Any highway official who shall neglect or refuse to provide suitable barriers and suitable detours or to remove barriers and signs as herein provided, or any person who wilfully enters upon the closed portion of any highway or removes the barriers therefrom, or who removes, obliterates or defaces any sign or mark, or who extinguishes or removes any light placed or maintained hereunder, except by permission of the highway officials in charge, is guilty of a misdemeanor. History: 1917, Act 165, Eff. Aug. 10, 1917 ;-- CL 1929, 4628 ;-- CL 1948, 247.293 ;-- Am. 1966, Act 176, Imd. Eff. July 1, 1966
MI Comp L § 247.311 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 247 - Highways|Act 295 of 1937 - Mechanically Operated Barricading Devices (247.311 - 247.314)|Section 247.311 - Highways; Definition.

247.311 Highways; definition. Sec. 1.  The word "highways" as used in this act shall include without limitation all state, county and township highways and roads and all highways, streets, avenues, boulevards and alleys in cities and villages, and any place wheresoever situated in this state which is dedicated to the use of public vehicular traffic. History: 1937, Act 295, Eff. Oct. 29, 1937 ;-- CL 1948, 247.311
MI Comp L § 247.312 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 247 - Highways|Act 295 of 1937 - Mechanically Operated Barricading Devices (247.311 - 247.314)|Section 247.312 - Automatic or Mechanically Operated Barricading Devices.

247.312 Automatic or mechanically operated barricading devices. Sec. 2.  A public authority having jurisdiction and control over any highway in this state that determines that the safety of persons and property require the installation of the devices provided for in this act at any intersection of that highway with any other highway or at any bridge approach in that highway, may construct, install, operate, and maintain at each such place automatic or mechanically operated barricading devices, which, when giving warning, shall rise from a bed in the highway and become a barrier in the highway. History: 1937, Act 295, Eff. Oct. 29, 1937 ;-- CL 1948, 247.312 ;-- Am. 1993, Act 358, Imd. Eff. Jan. 14, 1994
MI Comp L § 247.313 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 247 - Highways|Act 295 of 1937 - Mechanically Operated Barricading Devices (247.311 - 247.314)|Section 247.313 - Barricading Devices on Highway; Automatic; Warning Signs, Size, Wording, Distance.

247.313 Barricading devices on highway; automatic; warning signs, size, wording, distance. Sec. 3.  Whenever such barricading device shall be constructed, installed, operated or maintained, the public authorities having jurisdiction and control over the highway at any such place shall install and maintain at the side of such highway, immediately adjacent to such device, reflectorized warning signs with the words "automatic barrier" in letters not less than 3 inches high. Whenever such device is located at a railroad intersection, additional reflectorized warning signs, of a design to be prescribed by the state highway commissioner, shall be installed and maintained on both sides thereof at a distance not less than 400 feet therefrom when such intersection is located on a highway where vehicular traffic is permitted to travel at speeds in excess of 30 miles per hour, and not less than 200 feet therefrom when such intersection is located on a highway where vehicular traffic is permitted to travel at speeds not in excess of 30 miles per hour, and such device and warning signs shall be in lieu of all other protection at such intersection. The advance warning signs required by any other law of this state shall also be installed and maintained. History: 1937, Act 295, Eff. Oct. 29, 1937 ;-- CL 1948, 247.313 ;-- Am. 1964, Act 77, Eff. Aug. 28, 1964
MI Comp L § 247.314 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 247 - Highways|Act 295 of 1937 - Mechanically Operated Barricading Devices (247.311 - 247.314)|Section 247.314 - Barricading Devices; Expense.

247.314 Barricading devices; expense. Sec. 4.  The public authorities, or the political subdivision of the state, having jurisdiction and control over any highway, in which such device is constructed, installed, operated and maintained, shall bear the expense thereof, unless the parties in interest agree otherwise in writing. History: 1937, Act 295, Eff. Oct. 29, 1937 ;-- CL 1948, 247.314
MI Comp L § 247.321 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 247 - Highways|Act 200 of 1969 - Driveways, Banners, and Parades (247.321 - 247.329)|Section 247.321 - Driveways, Banners and Parades on Highways; Definitions.

247.321 Driveways, banners and parades on highways; definitions. Sec. 1.  As used in this act:  (a) "Driveway" means a driveway, lane, road or any other way providing vehicular access to or from the highway from or to property adjoining the highway but does not mean a city or village street or other highway covered by the provisions of Act No. 288 of the Public Acts of 1967, being sections 560.101 to 560.293 of the Compiled Laws of 1948.  (b) "Highway" means a state trunk line highway or a county road including the entire right of way.  (c) "Highway authority" means the department of state highways in the case of state trunk line highways, and the board of county road commissioners in the case of county roads. History: 1969, Act 200, Imd. Eff. Aug. 6, 1969
MI Comp L § 247.322 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 247 - Highways|Act 200 of 1969 - Driveways, Banners, and Parades (247.321 - 247.329)|Section 247.322 - Permit; Requirement, Local Ordinances.

247.322 Permit; requirement, local ordinances. Sec. 2.  No driveway, banner or parade is lawful except pursuant to a permit issued in accordance with this act unless otherwise provided. Nothing in this act shall be construed to prevent the application of the provisions of any other statute of this state or any local ordinance which is more restrictive than this act nor to preclude any city or village from requiring city or village permits with respect to any street or highway within its corporate limits. No permit shall be issued pursuant to this act unless there is compliance with other provisions of law or ordinances. History: 1969, Act 200, Imd. Eff. Aug. 6, 1969
MI Comp L § 247.323 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 247 - Highways|Act 200 of 1969 - Driveways, Banners, and Parades (247.321 - 247.329)|Section 247.323 - Permits to Temporarily Close Highway and for Banners, Decorations, or Similar Objects; Issuance; Requests; Arrangements for Handling Highway Traffic; Section Inapplicable to Racing Event.

247.323 Permits to temporarily close highway and for banners, decorations, or similar objects; issuance; requests; arrangements for handling highway traffic; section inapplicable to racing event. Sec. 3.  A permit to temporarily close a highway, or a portion of the highway, for a parade, celebration, festival, or similar activity, and a permit for banners, decorations, or similar objects to overhang the traveled way of a highway, may be issued by the highway authority only if requested by an authorized official designated by resolution of the governing body of a city, incorporated village, or township. Requests for temporary closing of highways shall indicate the time and date the highway is to be closed to traffic, the date and time the highway is to be reopened to traffic, and other information as the highway authority may require. A permit shall not be issued for the partial or complete closing of a highway unless the highway authority is satisfied that adequate arrangements have been made for the handling of highway traffic during such closure. Permits for banners, decorations, or similar objects over the traveled way of a highway shall require that they be securely fastened and be at least 18 feet above the surface of the traveled way. This section does not apply to a racing event for which a permit has been issued under the city motor vehicle racing act of 1981. History: 1969, Act 200, Imd. Eff. Aug. 6, 1969 ;-- Am. 1981, Act 177, Imd. Eff. Dec. 14, 1981
MI Comp L § 247.324 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 247 - Highways|Act 200 of 1969 - Driveways, Banners, and Parades (247.321 - 247.329)|Section 247.324 - Permit; Driveways; Rules.

247.324 Permit; driveways; rules. Sec. 4.  Permits for driveways shall be granted in conformity with rules promulgated by the highway authority which shall be consistent with the public safety and based upon the traffic volumes, drainage requirements and the character of the use of land adjoining the highway and other requirements in the public interest. Rules shall prescribe reasonable standards for the design and the location of driveways and may require that driveways shall be hard-surfaced. The provisions of this section shall not be deemed to deny reasonable access to a nonlimited access highway. History: 1969, Act 200, Imd. Eff. Aug. 6, 1969
MI Comp L § 247.325 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 247 - Highways|Act 200 of 1969 - Driveways, Banners, and Parades (247.321 - 247.329)|Section 247.325 - Rules; Local Adoption.

247.325 Rules; local adoption. Sec. 5.  The department of state highways shall make rules necessary for the administration of this act in accordance with the provisions of Act No. 88 of the Public Acts of 1943, as amended, being sections 24.71 to 24.80 of the Compiled Laws of 1948, and subject to Act No. 197 of the Public Acts of 1952, as amended, being sections 24.101 to 24.110 of the Compiled Laws of 1948. The boards of county road commissioners may adopt by reference the rules, in whole or in part, of the department of state highways or may adopt its own rules after a public hearing of which notice has been given by publication at least twice in a newspaper circulated in the county not more than 30 days nor less than 7 days prior to the hearing. History: 1969, Act 200, Imd. Eff. Aug. 6, 1969 Admin Rule: R 247.201 et seq. of the Michigan Administrative Code.
MI Comp L § 247.326 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 247 - Highways|Act 200 of 1969 - Driveways, Banners, and Parades (247.321 - 247.329)|Section 247.326 - Permit; Issuance Requirements; Revocation.

247.326 Permit; issuance requirements; revocation. Sec. 6.  A permit shall not be issued unless all the requirements of this act, and of rules made pursuant to section 5, are met. A permit may be revoked by the highway authority issuing it if at any time the permitted object, use, or activity fails to meet the requirements of this act or rules made in accordance with section 5. This section does not apply to a permit issued by a city under the city motor vehicle racing act of 1981. History: 1969, Act 200, Imd. Eff. Aug. 6, 1969 ;-- Am. 1981, Act 177, Imd. Eff. Dec. 14, 1981
MI Comp L § 247.327 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 247 - Highways|Act 200 of 1969 - Driveways, Banners, and Parades (247.321 - 247.329)|Section 247.327 - Correction of Driveway in Violation of Rules; Applicability; Notice; Failure to Correct; Reimbursement; "Constructed or Reconstructed" Defined.

247.327 Correction of driveway in violation of rules; applicability; notice; failure to correct; reimbursement; "constructed or reconstructed" defined.Sec. 7.  This act does not apply to a driveway in existence on August 6, 1969, except that if the use of the land served by the driveway is changed or expanded, and the change or expansion causes the existing driveway to be a safety hazard, the driveway shall be considered a new driveway subject to this act. A driveway that is constructed or reconstructed after the effective date of the rules issued under this act that is in violation of the rules shall be corrected by the owner within a period of time, not less than 30 days, specified in a notice of violation sent by certified mail to the owner. If not corrected within the period required by the notice, the highway authority or its agents may perform the necessary correction and the owner shall reimburse the highway authority for the reasonable cost of correction. As used in this section, "constructed or reconstructed" does not include maintenance activities performed on a driveway, including, but not limited to, the placement of additional gravel. History: 1969, Act 200, Imd. Eff. Aug. 6, 1969 ;-- Am. 1978, Act 83, Imd. Eff. Mar. 29, 1978 ;-- Am. 2016, Act 455, Eff. Apr. 5, 2017
MI Comp L § 247.328 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 247 - Highways|Act 200 of 1969 - Driveways, Banners, and Parades (247.321 - 247.329)|Section 247.328 - Construction of Act.

247.328 Construction of act. Sec. 8.  Nothing in this act shall limit the right of the highway authority in the exercise of its authority to acquire property for highway purposes or to widen, relocate, reconstruct, improve or maintain any highways. History: 1969, Act 200, Imd. Eff. Aug. 6, 1969
MI Comp L § 247.329 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 247 - Highways|Act 200 of 1969 - Driveways, Banners, and Parades (247.321 - 247.329)|Section 247.329 - Authorization of City or Village to Issue Permits With Respect to State Trunk Line Highways; Conditions; Permit Issued by City Pursuant to MCL 257.1701 Et Seq.

247.329 Authorization of city or village to issue permits with respect to state trunk line highways; conditions; permit issued by city pursuant to MCL 257.1701 et seq. Sec. 9.  (1) Except as provided in subsection (2), the state transportation commission by resolution may authorize any city or village to issue on behalf of the state the permits required by this act with respect to state trunk line highways within the corporate limits of the city or village provided the permits are issued pursuant to this act and rules promulgated under this act, subject to conditions as the commission may prescribe and subject to acceptance of that authority by the governing body of the city or village.  (2) A permit issued by a city under the city motor vehicle racing act of 1981 shall be considered to be a permit issued for all purposes under this act regarding any highway located within the limits of the city. History: 1969, Act 200, Imd. Eff. Aug. 6, 1969 ;-- Am. 1981, Act 177, Imd. Eff. Dec. 14, 1981
MI Comp L § 247.331 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 247 - Highways|Act 96 of 1959 - Bus Passenger Shelters (247.331 - 247.336)|Section 247.331 - Bus Passenger Shelters; Definitions.

247.331 Bus passenger shelters; definitions. Sec. 1.  As used in this act:  (1) "Advertisement" means any writing, printing, picture, painting, display, emblem, drawing, sign or similar device which is posted or displayed outdoors on real property and is intended to invite or to draw the attention or to solicit the patronage or support of the public to any goods, merchandise, property, real or personal, business, services, entertainment or amusement, manufactured, produced, bought, sold, conducted, furnished or dealt in by any person or for any political party or for the candidacy of any individual for any nomination or office; and the term shall also include any part of an advertisement recognizable as such.  (2) "Bus passenger shelter" means any rigid structure situated upon or attached to real property outdoors, primarily or principally for the purpose of furnishing a waiting room or shelter for the use and convenience of the passengers of common motor carriers, but suitable for the purpose of furnishing a background, base or support upon which an advertisement may be posted.  (3) "Highway" means every way or place of whatever nature open to the use of the public for purposes of vehicular travel in this state.  (4) "Municipality" means any city or incorporated village.  (5) "Post" means post, display, print, paint, burn, nail, paste or otherwise attach.  (6) "Real property" means any property physically attached or annexed to real estate in any manner whatsoever. History: 1959, Act 96, Imd. Eff. June 30, 1959