Ind. Code § 14-26-8-16

Sec. 16. If within ten (10) days, exclusive of Sundays, following the date of the hearing of the petition, at least fifty-one percent (51%) of the landowners abutting or within four hundred forty (440) yards of the shoreline or water line of the lake remonstrate in writing against the proposed project described in the petition, the petition shall be dismissed at the cost of the petitioners whose land abuts or lies within four hundred forty (440) yards of the shoreline or water line of the lake.