249.807. Extension of boundaries of district, procedure.

MISSOURI STATUTES AND CODES

249.807. Extension of boundaries of district, procedure.

Extension of boundaries of district, procedure.

249.807. 1. The boundaries of any sewer district formedunder the provisions of sections 249.760 to 249.810 may beextended from time to time by filing a petition with the clerk ofthe circuit court having jurisdiction, signed by the board ofsupervisors and five or more owners of real estate situatedwithin the territory to be annexed. The same proceeding shallthen be followed as provided in sections 249.760 to 249.810 forthe original organization of the district except that theproposition must be voted on affirmatively by a majority of thequalified voters voting on the proposition in the originaldistrict and the area to be annexed combined.

2. The costs incurred in the extension of the boundaries ofthe district shall be taxed to the district if the annexation iscompleted and otherwise against the petitioners, except that nocosts shall be taxed to the board of supervisors.

3. Any owner of real estate that abuts upon a district onceformed may petition the board of supervisors for theincorporation of the real estate in the district. If approval isgranted by the board, the clerk of the board shall endorse hiscertificate of the fact of approval by the board upon thepetition. The petition shall then be filed with the clerk of thecircuit court of the county in which the district isincorporated. It is then the duty of the court to amend theboundaries of the district by a decree incorporating the realestate in it. A certified copy of the decree shall then be filedin the office of the recorder and in the office of the countyclerk of the county in which the real estate is located, and inthe office of the secretary of state. The costs of theproceedings shall be borne by the petitioning property owners.

4. Any owner of land that has not been platted and such platfinally approved by the county planning commission, county zoningcommission, county planning and zoning commission, or countygoverning body, that abuts upon a district previously formed orcurrently being formed, for which a trunk sewer has beencondemned under chapter 523, RSMo, shall not be compelled to joinsuch district but may petition the board of supervisors of suchdistrict for incorporation of his land into such district underthis section. All costs of proceedings conducted under thissubsection shall be paid by the petitioning landowner.