Annexation Update

What Does Annexation Mean?

Annexation by a governmental entity such as the City of Jeffersonville or the Oak Park Conservancy District (OPCD) means to legally add land to their current existing boundary to increase their size. The City of Jeffersonville is currently in the process of a forced annexation that includes all of the property in OPCD and other areas. OPCD has only had voluntary annexations since its inception in 1960.

The Indiana Supreme Court recently ruled that it will not hear the case involving the remonstrance against the annexation by the City of Jeffersonville.  Apparently, this would mean that Zone B, which includes all of the District, will become part of the City of Jeffersonville on January 1, 2010.

You can find boundary maps and more information regarding the annexation from the City’s perspective at the City of Jeffersonville’s website at: http://www.cityofjeff.net/Council/Annexation.htm.

The OPCD will continue to provide sanitary sewer services within the boundaries of the District.  OPCD sewer customers should NOT receive a sewer bill from the City of Jeffersonville. 

The OPCD will continue to provide water service to its customers, as will all of the water companies in the District.

The OPCD will continue to provide the same limited stormwater drainage services where drainage easements exist outside of the road right of way and Lancassange Creek.

The City of Jeffersonville will be assuming the drainage responsibilities of the roadway right of ways (roadside drainage) and Lancassange Creek, which Clark County has been responsible for in the past.