(j) "Livery carriage" means any horse-drawn vehicle for hire transporting passengers
for scenic drives charging on a time basis, by the hour or fractions or multiples of an
hour, and not at a fixed price per passenger.
(k) “Marquette Park” means that portion of Mackinac Island State Park bounded on
the south by Main Street, on the west by Fort Street, on the east by the leasehold
commonly known as Anne’s Cottage, and on the north by the bluff below Fort Mackinac.
(l) "Motor vehicle" means any device that is self-propelled, or partially self-
propelled, by which a person or property may be transported or drawn, including an
electric bicycle. Motor vehicle does not include personal assistive mobility devices.
(m) “Personal Assistive Mobility Device” means any battery powered mobility
device that is self-balancing, designed to transport only 1 individual at a time, has an
electrical propulsion system with average power of 750 watts or 1 horsepower and a
maximum speed on a paved level surface of not more than 15 miles per hour, and is used
by an individual with a physical impairment that substantially limits the ability of the
individual to walk. Personal assistive mobility device does not include gasoline powered
devices, golf carts, riding lawn mowers, motorized bicycles, motorcycles, motorized
skateboards, or other similar motorized vehicles.
(n) “Rental bicycle” means a bicycle, tricycle, or electric bicycle furnished to a
visitor or resident to use in Mackinac Island State Park for a rental fee, whether that fee
is separately identified or included in other charges, such as room rentals, either explicitly
or implicitly.
(o) "Road" means any thoroughfare, roadway, riding trail, or driving trail that is
situated on lands that are under the jurisdiction of the commission.
(p) "Saddle horse" means a riding horse furnished to a visitor or resident, for less
than 1 week, for use in Mackinac Island State Park at a rental fee, whether that fee is
separately identified or included in other charges, such as room rentals, either explicitly
or implicitly.
(q) "Sight-seeing carriage" means any horse-drawn vehicle that carries passengers
for hire over prescribed routes established by the commission.
(r) “Sky lantern” means an unmanned hot air balloon made of paper or other
lightweight material that is launched into the atmosphere and has a flame inside the
balloon.
(s) "State license identification plate" means a metallic plate issued by the
commission that bears the license type, the year the plate is valid, a unique number, and
any other information as determined by the commission.
(t) "Taxicab" means any horse-drawn vehicle carrying passengers for hire from 1
point on the island to another.
(u) “Unmanned aircraft” means an aircraft remotely operated without the possibility
of direct human intervention from within or on the aircraft, whether used for recreational,
commercial, academic, or governmental purposes.
(v) “Waterborne candle lantern" means an unmanned container that floats on water
and contains a flame.
(2) A term defined in the act has the same meaning when used in these rules.
History: 1979 AC; 2002 AACS; 2014 AACS; 2017 AACS; 2023 MR 11, Eff. June 8, 2023.
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