
INFORMATION
SHEET
FOR
PETITION FOR
INCLUSION
INTO
LOWER SOUTH PLATTE
WATER CONSERVANCY DISTRICT
Fee
owners of land(s) which lie outside of the boundaries of the Lower South Platte
Water Conservancy District may petition to be included into the District using
the following process and guidelines:
1.) Fee owner must
submit an original notarized Petition for Inclusion (rev. 5/18/05) to the
office of the District for initial review.
2.) A copy of the
3.) A one-time,
non-refundable fee of $100 must be submitted with each Petition for
Inclusion. If the costs of legal,
engineering, publication and administrative fees are more than the amount
deposited, Petitioner will be required to pay any additional costs prior to the
granting or denial of the Petition.
4.) Petitioner may
include numerous parcels of land under one Petition, so long as the Petitioner
owns each parcel.
5.) All property to be
included into the District boundaries must be within either Morgan, Washington,
Logan or Sedgwick county and must be tributary to the
6.) After an initial
review of all submissions and documentation, land(s) submitted by Petitioner
will be published in the local newspaper for three weeks as Notice of Petition
for Inclusion of Lands into the Lower South Platte Water Conservancy District.
7.) A Public Hearing
will then be held at the next Board meeting of the District following three
weeks of publication. Any person
interested may appear at the Public Hearing and show cause in writing why any
one or more of the petitions should not be granted.
8.) The Board of
Directors will then decide after the Public Hearing whether to grant or deny
the Petition for Inclusion into District boundaries.
9.) If Petition is
granted, an Order of Inclusion will be filed with the District Court, recorded
at the applicable