Article 27.--PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS; IMPROVEMENT AND SERVICE DISTRICTS
19-2716.Formation of taxing district for fire protection and street
lighting; petition; enlargement of boundaries, when.
When the resident owners of fifty-one percent (51%) or more of the land
located in an unincorporated town or village, which land is occupied in
platted lots and blocks or in tracts consisting of five (5) acres or less,
and consisting of five (5) or more such adjoining tracts, shall present a
petition to the board of county commissioners of the county within which
such district is located, describing such district by metes and bounds, or
by block and lot numbers where platted, and asking that said district be
formed into a taxing district for the purpose of furnishing fire protection
or street lighting therein, it shall be the duty of the board of county
commissioners to investigate such petition and ascertain whether the same
is signed by the resident owners of fifty-one percent (51%) or more of the
real estate within such district, and if the said board shall find that
said petition complies in all respects with the provisions of this act, the
said board of county commissioners shall enter an order upon its records
declaring said district to have been formed into and to constitute a taxing
district for the purpose of levying a tax to furnish fire protection or
street lighting therein.
After the establishment of any such district as herein provided, the
boundaries of same may be enlarged by the filing with the board of county
commissioners of a petition signed by a majority of the resident property
owners in the territory proposed to be added to such district. No land
shall be included within such taxing district which consists of more than
five (5) acres in any one tract, unless the owner thereof shall request in
writing to the board of county commissioners that such land be included
within such taxing district.
History: L. 1927, ch. 170, § 1; L. 1938, ch. 43, § 1; L. 1957, ch. 181, § 1;
June 29.
Article 27.--PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS; IMPROVEMENT AND SERVICE DISTRICTS
19-2716.Formation of taxing district for fire protection and street
lighting; petition; enlargement of boundaries, when.
When the resident owners of fifty-one percent (51%) or more of the land
located in an unincorporated town or village, which land is occupied in
platted lots and blocks or in tracts consisting of five (5) acres or less,
and consisting of five (5) or more such adjoining tracts, shall present a
petition to the board of county commissioners of the county within which
such district is located, describing such district by metes and bounds, or
by block and lot numbers where platted, and asking that said district be
formed into a taxing district for the purpose of furnishing fire protection
or street lighting therein, it shall be the duty of the board of county
commissioners to investigate such petition and ascertain whether the same
is signed by the resident owners of fifty-one percent (51%) or more of the
real estate within such district, and if the said board shall find that
said petition complies in all respects with the provisions of this act, the
said board of county commissioners shall enter an order upon its records
declaring said district to have been formed into and to constitute a taxing
district for the purpose of levying a tax to furnish fire protection or
street lighting therein.
After the establishment of any such district as herein provided, the
boundaries of same may be enlarged by the filing with the board of county
commissioners of a petition signed by a majority of the resident property
owners in the territory proposed to be added to such district. No land
shall be included within such taxing district which consists of more than
five (5) acres in any one tract, unless the owner thereof shall request in
writing to the board of county commissioners that such land be included
within such taxing district.
History: L. 1927, ch. 170, § 1; L. 1938, ch. 43, § 1; L. 1957, ch. 181, § 1;
June 29.
Article 27.--PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS; IMPROVEMENT AND SERVICE DISTRICTS
19-2716.Formation of taxing district for fire protection and street
lighting; petition; enlargement of boundaries, when.
When the resident owners of fifty-one percent (51%) or more of the land
located in an unincorporated town or village, which land is occupied in
platted lots and blocks or in tracts consisting of five (5) acres or less,
and consisting of five (5) or more such adjoining tracts, shall present a
petition to the board of county commissioners of the county within which
such district is located, describing such district by metes and bounds, or
by block and lot numbers where platted, and asking that said district be
formed into a taxing district for the purpose of furnishing fire protection
or street lighting therein, it shall be the duty of the board of county
commissioners to investigate such petition and ascertain whether the same
is signed by the resident owners of fifty-one percent (51%) or more of the
real estate within such district, and if the said board shall find that
said petition complies in all respects with the provisions of this act, the
said board of county commissioners shall enter an order upon its records
declaring said district to have been formed into and to constitute a taxing
district for the purpose of levying a tax to furnish fire protection or
street lighting therein.
After the establishment of any such district as herein provided, the
boundaries of same may be enlarged by the filing with the board of county
commissioners of a petition signed by a majority of the resident property
owners in the territory proposed to be added to such district. No land
shall be included within such taxing district which consists of more than
five (5) acres in any one tract, unless the owner thereof shall request in
writing to the board of county commissioners that such land be included
within such taxing district.
History: L. 1927, ch. 170, § 1; L. 1938, ch. 43, § 1; L. 1957, ch. 181, § 1;
June 29.