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Mich. Comp. Laws § 247.186 (2026)

Public utility; placing poles, fixtures, wires, or cables.

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HIGHWAY OBSTRUCTIONS AND ENCROACHMENTS; USE OF HIGHWAY BY PUBLIC UTILITIES


Act 368 of 1925


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 or other fixtures be placed, or be permitted to remain, at less height than 15 feet above any part of the traveled portion of the road.

History: 1925, Act 368, Eff. Aug. 27, 1925 ;-- CL 1929, 4056 ;-- CL 1948, 247.186

FormerLaw Notes:

    See section 8 of Ch. 7 of Act 283 of 1909, being CL 1915, § 4408.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6 cases, 1986–2002 · leading case: Turner v. Auto Club Ins. Ass'n, 528 N.W.2d 681 (Mich. 1995).
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Turner v. Auto Club Ins. Ass'n, 528 N.W.2d 681 (Mich. 1995). · cites it 2× “368 of the Public Acts of 1925, being section 247.186 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.”
McMillan v. State High. Comm'n, 393 N.W.2d 332 (Mich. 1986). · cites it 2× “See MCL 247.186; MSA 9.266, which reflects one of a number of statutory regulations applicable to the erection and maintenance of utility poles.”
Detroit Edison Co. v. Spartan Express, Inc., 572 N.W.2d 39 (Mich. Ct. App. 1998). · cites it 11× “13123(3) from recovery because Edison was in violation of MCL 247.186; MSA 9.266. Edison claimed that the exclusion was inapplicable because the accident took place on private property.”
Detroit Edison Co. v. Celadon Trucking Co., 638 N.W.2d 169 (Mich. Ct. App. 2002). “The lines that were struck were placed less than fifteen feet above the roadway, in violation of MCL 247.186. Two questions of statutory construction of the no-fault act 2 are presented.”
Westerfield Companies v. United States, 858 F. Supp. 658 (W.D. Mich. 1993). “§ 247.186. Subsection (2) excludes property outside the state of Michigan.”
Candelaria v. Horizon Cablevision, Inc, 653 N.W.2d 630 (Mich. Ct. App. 2002). “” *687 Plaintiff argues that putting the cable on the roadway violated MCL 247.186, which prohibits placing “wires, cables or other fixtures .”
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