(1) Upon petition of the property owners who represent not less than ten percent of the land in an irregular, divided area, the board of county commissioners may create a land division study area.(2) At any regular meeting of the board of county commissioners, the board may designate an area of land as a land division study area if: (a) The notice and comment provisions of subsection (3) of this section have been complied with; and(b) The board finds that the area proposed for inclusion in the study qualifies as an irregular, divided area.(3) Prior to designating an area of land as a land division study area, the board of county commissioners shall publish its intent to consider such designation thirty days prior to the meeting in a newspaper of general circulation in the county. Such notice shall include the time and place of the hearing and an invitation to the public to comment on the proposed designation.L. 88: Entire part added, p. 1118, § 1, effective April 20.