247.171 Encroachments; removal order, service; temporary permit. Sec. 1. In every case where a public highway has been or shall be encroached upon by any fence, building, or other encroachment, the commissioner or commissioners having jurisdiction over the road may make an order under his or their hand requiring the owner or occupant of the […]
247.171a Rights-of-way, bridges, towers, and welcome centers; use to provide travel-related information through electronic technologies. Sec. 1a. This act does not prohibit the use of rights-of-way, bridges, towers, welcome centers, and rest stops to provide through the use of electronic technologies, including electronic kiosks, travel-related information or assistance and advance traffic information systems. History: Add. […]
247.172 Encroachments; removal by commissioner, penalty, expense charged to occupant, collection by tax; limitation. Sec. 2. If such encroachment shall not be removed within 30 days after the service of a copy of such order, such owner or occupant shall forfeit the sum of 1 dollar for every day after the expiration of that time […]
247.173 Encroachments; denied, notice to commissioner; trespass action. Sec. 3. If the person upon whom the copy of such order shall be served at any time before the expiration of said 30 days, by a written notice served upon the commissioner or commissioners, deny such encroachment either in whole or in part, or shall deny […]
247.174 Trespass action; brought by commissioner. Sec. 4. Such action shall be brought by the commissioner or commissioners in his or their name of office, claiming nominal damages only in the sum of 6 cents, before any justice of the peace of the township, or of any adjoining township in the same county. The summons […]
247.175 Trespass action; pleadings and trial. Sec. 5. The declaration in such action shall follow the order required by section 1 of this chapter, in describing such encroachment. The defendant may plead denying the encroachment in whole or in part, and may also deny the existence of a highway where such encroachment is claimed to […]
247.176 Trespass action; trial and verdict. Sec. 6. The trial of said action may be adjourned for not to exceed 10 days. The jury shall specify in their verdict, if they find the defendant guilty of causing or maintaining the encroachment as charged, and the extent thereof, and if the existence of the highway has […]
247.177 Trespass action; trial and appeal. Sec. 7. Either party may appeal to the circuit court of the proper county in the same manner that appeals are taken from justices’ courts in other cases, but in case of an appeal taken by the commissioner or commissioners, he or they shall not be required to pay […]
247.178 Encroachment; removal by commissioner; penalty on owner or occupant for neglect. Sec. 8. In all cases of final judgment against any person for causing or maintaining an encroachment, the commissioner or commissioners may proceed to remove the same within 10 days after such judgment, in the same manner that he may do under section […]
247.179 Encroachment; removal, interference, penalty. Sec. 9. In all cases of final judgment against any person or persons for causing or maintaining an encroachment or obstruction upon a highway, if such person shall, subsequent to such final judgment, by force or otherwise, interfere with any commissioner or commissioners in the performance of his or their […]
247.180 Loose obstructions, logs, or wood; notice to remove; removal; removal by commissioner, sale; proceeds, disposition. Sec. 10. In case any saw logs, cordwood, or other loose obstruction shall be upon any highway, the commissioner or commissioners may notify the owner, if known, to remove the same within 2 days, and if not so removed, […]
247.181 Loose obstructions, logs, or wood; no value, compensation for removing. Sec. 11. In case the article or thing have no value or is not of sufficient value to pay for the removal, the commissioner or commissioners shall be entitled to compensation for the expense of removing it, and the expense of removal may be […]
247.182 Obstructions; road fence if dangerous, penalty. Sec. 12. It shall hereafter be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to erect a fence along any road, of any material which, by reason of its construction or otherwise, is dangerous in itself or by reason of causing an obstruction to the highway. Any person violating […]
247.183 Public utilities, cable television companies, broadband companies, and municipalities; construction and maintenance of structures; consent of governing body; construction and maintenance of utility lines and structures longitudinally within limited access highway rights-of-way; standards; charges; use of revenue; relocation permit; use of electronic devices within limited access and rights-of-way to provide travel-related information. Sec. 13. […]
247.184 Consent of county or state to construction. Sec. 14. (1) A person that proposes to construct a telegraph, telephone, power line or cable television line, broadband line, pipe lines, wires, cables, poles, conduits, sewers, or like structures upon, over or under a county road or bridge, shall obtain the consent of the board of […]
247.184a Surveillance of occupied manhole; exceptions; training and duties of second employee. Sec. 14a. (1) A person shall not enter a manhole being constructed or being used for repairs to underground utilities or remain inside of the opening unless a person is providing alert surveillance, except that a new manhole under construction is exempted if […]
247.185 Paramount rights of public; injury to trees and shrubs; regulation of rights. Sec. 15. The construction and maintenance of all such telegraph, telephone and power lines, cable television lines, pipe lines, wires, cables, poles, conduits, sewers and like structures shall be subject to the paramount right of the public to use such public places, […]
247.186 Public utility; placing poles, fixtures, wires, or cables. Sec. 16. In no case shall any poles or other structures be placed above the ground or road grade between the curb or road shoulder lines, or closer than 15 feet from the center line of the roadway; and in no case shall any wires, cables […]
247.187 Encroachments; removal, expense of removal by commissioner. Sec. 17. Any person or persons, firm, corporation or municipality violating any of the provisions of this chapter, shall, upon written demand of the commissioner or commissioners having jurisdiction over the road, remove such encroachments, pipe lines, wires, cables, poles, conduits, sewers and like structures. If removal […]
247.188 Obstructions to traffic; moving; permit, bond; penalty. Sec. 18. No building, or other obstruction to traffic shall be moved across, upon or along any road without consent being first obtained from the commissioner or commissioners having jurisdiction over the road, and without first executing to such commissioner or commissioners, a bond in an amount […]
