Submit a resident application

• § Section 31 of the Lower Saxony Municipal Constitution Act (NKomVG)

• Resident application with objective and justification
• List or individual sheets with the signatures of the residents

• It must be clear which matter the municipal council or district council should deal with and why you want this to happen.
• In municipalities with up to 10,000 inhabitants, at least five percent of all inhabitants of the municipality (but no more than 400 people) must support the residents' petition with their signature. In municipalities with more than 10,000 and up to 50,000 inhabitants, at least four percent of the inhabitants (but no more than 1,500 people) must support the residents' petition. In municipalities with more than 50,000 to 100,000 inhabitants, at least 3 percent of the inhabitants (but no more than 2,500 people) must support the residents' petition. In municipalities with more than 100,000 inhabitants, at least 2.5 percent of the inhabitants (but no more than 8,000 people) must support the residents' petition.
  In districts with up to 100,000 inhabitants, at least 3 percent of the inhabitants (but no more than 2,500 people) must support the residents' petition. In districts with more than 100,000 inhabitants, at least 2.5 percent of the inhabitants (but no more than 8,000 people) must support the residents' petition.
• Support is provided in the form of a signature. Anyone who is at least 16-14 years old at the time of signing and has lived in the municipality or district for at least three months is eligible to sign.

You must submit the application in writing; electronic form is not permitted.

Name up to three people with their name and address.

These persons are the contact persons for the municipal or district administration and are authorized to represent you as the applicant.

Immediately after notification of the resident application, the municipality or district will prepare an estimate of the costs of fulfilling the request and inform the authorized representatives of this immediately in writing or in electronic form. The cost estimate must also take into account the consequential costs of fulfilling the request. The cost estimate must then be included in the residents' petition by the authorized representatives. However, they can also include a different cost estimate of their own in the residents' petition.

Once the required signatures have been collected, the residents' petition must be submitted in writing to the municipality or district, which will then check whether all requirements have been met. If this is the case, the matter is dealt with at a meeting of the municipal council or district council.

The authorized representatives should also be heard at this meeting.

If all requirements are met, the matter will be dealt with by the municipal council or district council within six months of receipt of the residents' application.

You can submit a residents' petition at any time.

Exception: The residents' petition may not relate to a matter for which an admissible citizens' petition has already been submitted in the last twelve months.

The Municipal Constitution Act gives every person who has provided a valid signature their own right to have the application discussed in accordance with the statutory provisions

Forms available: No

Written form required: Yes

Informal application possible: Yes

Personal appearance necessary: No

The text was automatically translated based on the German content.

The municipality or district of your place of residence

Note: ThisThis person will also answerquestions you may have in connection with the residents' application.