Section R. 247.651 - DefinitionsRule 1. As used in these rules:
(a) "Act" means section 5a of Act No. 51 of the Public Acts of 1951, as amended, being S247.655a of the Michigan Compiled Laws.(b) "County road commission" means the board of county road commissioners of each county.(c) "Department" means the department of transportation.(d) "Principal residence" means a place where a person has his or her true, fixed home and to which he or she intends to return when he or she is absent from it.(e) "Seasonal road" means a county road, or a portion thereof, which, during the months of November through April, has minimal use by motor vehicles, does not provide sole access to a building which is used as a principal residence during the months of November through April, and is not normally maintained or snowplowed by the county road commission during the months of November through April. A county road which is designated as a seasonal road in accordance with the provisions of the act and these rules may not be open to public travel during the months of November through April.Mich. Admin. Code R. 247.651