Section 318.111. Definitions.

Rule 1. As used in these rules:

(a)     "Carrying passengers for hire" means the acts of any person transporting passengers to any point or points on the road or roads for a specified monetary consideration or acts of accepting gratuities for transporting passengers to any point or points on the road or roads.

(b)      "Commercial operations" means any activity that involves, directly or indirectly, the buying or selling of goods or services, or the exchange or attempt or offer to exchange goods or services for money, barter, by accepting gratuities, or for anything of value.

(c)   "Commission" means the Mackinac Island state park commission.

(d)    "Director" means the director of the Mackinac Island state park commission.

(e)   "Drays" means any horse-drawn vehicle used for the transportation of property, goods, or merchandise, either belonging to the owner of the dray or to others, with or without charge, whether the charge is a single fee or is established by contract.

(f)     "Drive yourself carriage" means any horse-drawn vehicle for hire  that  is rented to another person or persons without the services of a driver being employed, engaged, provided, or suggested by the owner or operator of the carriage.

(g)       "Fort Mackinac bus" means any horse-drawn vehicle used for the transportation of passengers only from the downtown area directly to Fort Mackinac and return.

(h)     "Hotel bus" means a horse-drawn vehicle which is licensed to a specific hotel, which operates over the roads of the Mackinac Island state park, and which does all of the following:

(i)     Carries hotel passengers or their guests for a charge as approved by the Mackinac Island state park commission.

(ii)   Operates on a fixed route or routes as designated by the Mackinac Island state park commission.

(iii)      Makes infrequent deviations from the designated route or routes for the convenience of hotel guests or their party.

(i)      "Livery carriage" means any horse-drawn vehicle for hire transporting passengers for scenic drives charging on a time basis; that is, by the hour or fractions or multiples thereof, and not at a fixed price per passenger.

(j)     "Motor vehicle" means any device that is self-propelled, or partially self- propelled, by which a person or property may be transported or drawn. This does not include personal assistive mobility devices.

(k)         "Person" means an individual, partnership, corporation, association, governmental entity, or other legal entity.

(l)    "Road" means any thoroughfare, roadway, riding trail, or driving trail that is situated on lands that are under the jurisdiction of the commission.

(m)    "Saddle horse" means a riding horse furnished to a visitor or resident, for a period of time 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.

(n)   "Sight-seeing carriage" means any horse-drawn vehicle that carries passengers for hire over prescribed routes established by the commission.

(o)   "Snowmobile" means a motor-driven vehicle designed for travel primarily on snow or ice of a type that utilizes sled-type runners or skis, or an endless belt tread, or any combination of these, or other similar means of contact with the surface upon which it is operated. It is not a vehicle that must be registered under 1949 PA 300, MCL 257.1 to 257.923.

(p)     "State license identification plate" means a metallic plate issued by the commission that bears the license type, the year for which the plate is valid, a unique number, and  any  other   information  as determined  by the commission.

(q)   "Taxicab" means any horse-drawn vehicle carrying passengers for hire from 1 point on the island to another.

(r)     “Personal assistive mobility device” (PAMD) means any battery powered mobility device that is used by a person with a mobility impairment for ambulation. This does not include gasoline or other fuel powered devices, golf carts, riding lawn mowers, motorized bicycles, motorcycles, motorized skateboards, or other similar motorized vehicles.

(s)   “Marquette Park” is 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.

History: 1979 AC; 2002 AACS; 2014 AACS.