During its regular August meeting, the Blanco City Council voted to approve an ordinance requiring anyone living outside the city but within the city’s extra-territorial jurisdiction to sign a voluntary annexation petition before applying for a water tap. The ordinance comes as part of a lawsuit filed against Cielo Springs developer Lee Roper for years of illegally providing city water to residents of his development. An extra-territorial jurisdiction, or ETJ, is the area a half-mile wide sur ...