Michigan Laws 252.317b – Crossing limited right-of-way to erect or maintain sign; penalties
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Terms Used In Michigan Laws 252.317b
- Department: means the state transportation department. See Michigan Laws 252.302
- Erect: means to construct, build, raise, assemble, place, affix, attach, create, paint, draw, or in any other way bring into being or establish. See Michigan Laws 252.302
- Location: means a place where a sign structure subject to this act is located. See Michigan Laws 252.302
- Maintain: means to allow to exist and includes the periodic changing of advertising messages, and customary maintenance and repair of signs and sign structures. See Michigan Laws 252.302
- Sign: means any outdoor sign, display, device, figure, painting, drawing, message, placard, poster, billboard, or other thing, whether placed individually or on a T-type, V-type, back to back, or double-faced display, that is designed, intended, or used to advertise or inform. See Michigan Laws 252.302
- Sign structure: means the assembled components that make up an outdoor advertising display, including, but not limited to, uprights, supports, facings, and trim. See Michigan Laws 252.302
(1) The owner of a sign, agent of the owner of a sign, or a property owner or the agent of a property owner with whom the sign owner has a contractual relationship to maintain the sign on his or her property shall not cross a limited access right-of-way to erect or maintain a sign.
(2) The department shall not issue a permit to cross a limited access right-of-way for purposes of erecting or maintaining a sign to the owner of a sign, agent of the owner of a sign, or a property owner or the agent of a property owner with whom the sign owner has a contractual relationship to maintain the sign on his or her property.
(3) If the owner of a sign, agent of the owner of a sign, or a property owner or the agent of a property owner with whom the sign owner has a contractual relationship to maintain the sign on his or her property accesses a sign by crossing a limited access right-of-way to erect or maintain the sign, the owner of the sign is subject to the following penalties:
(a) For the first violation, a fine of $1,000.00 for each sign location.
(b) For a second violation, removal of the sign and sign structure and cancellation of the permit associated with the sign.