DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
BUREAU OF HIGHWAY TECHNICAL SERVICES
ADVERTISING ADJACENT TO HIGHWAYS
(By authority conferred on the state highway commission by section 23 of Act No.
106 of the Public Acts of 1972 and Act No. 306 of the Public Acts of 1969, as amended,
being SS252.323 and 24.201 to 24.315 of the Michigan Compiled Laws)
PART 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS
R 247.701 Definitions; A to D.
Rule 1. (1) Terms defined and used in the act have the same meaning when used in
these rules.
(2) "Act" means Act No. 106 of the Public Acts of 1972, being SS252.301 to
252.324 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.
(3) "Directional and other official signs and notices" means an official sign or
notice, public utility sign, service club and religious notice, public service sign, and
directional signs.
(4) "Directional sign" means a sign containing only directional information
and the identification of the activity about public places owned or operated by
federal, state or local governments or their agencies, publicly or privately owned
natural phenomena, historic, cultural, scientific, educational, or religious site, deemed
to be in the interest of the traveling public.
History: 1979 AC.
R 247.702 Definitions; M to O.
Rule 2. (1) "Official signs and notices" means a sign or notice erected and
maintained by public officers or a public agency within their territorial or zoning
jurisdiction and pursuant to and in accordance
with direction or authorization
contained in federal, state, or local law for the purposes of carrying out an official
duty or responsibility and a historical marker authorized by state law and erected by
state or local government agency or nonprofit historical society.
(2) "On-premise advertising signs and devices" means a sign, display, or device
which identifies the business transacted, services rendered, goods sold or produced on
the property, name of the business, name of firm or corporation occupying the
property.
History: 1979 AC.
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