Title 15, Title 15 — Cities And Towns

When written consent of landowners required for annexation; exception. No tract of land or any part thereof, whether consisting of one (1) parcel or two (2) or more contiguous parcels owned by one (1) landowner or owned jointly by two (2) or more landowners as cotenants, which co…

Survey of boundaries; when and how to be made; presumption once recorded. (a) If the boundaries of any city or town are uncertain or incapable of ascertainment, the governing body, by ordinance, may provide for a survey thereof. If the survey is made, the boundaries shall be mark…

Survey of boundaries; oath required; filing thereof. (a) Any person making the survey who is not an officer of the city or town, before entering upon the work, shall subscribe an oath to: (i) Faithfully, diligently and to the best of his ability make the survey; (ii) Make field n…

Additions to cities or towns by subdividing landowners; plat requirements; filing and effect thereof; controlling layout of streets. (a) The owner of any land within or contiguous to any city or town may subdivide the land into lots, blocks, streets, avenues and alleys and other …

Landowner petition to exclude tract from city or town; disposition thereof; exclusion of land for highway purposes. (a) Repealed By Laws 1997, ch. 158, § 3. (b) Repealed By Laws 1997, ch. 158, § 3. (c) The governing body may exclude from any city or town land sufficient for the c…

Annexing contiguous cities or towns; procedure. (a) When any city or town desires to be annexed to another contiguous city or town, their governing bodies shall meet to determine the terms and conditions on which the proposed annexation might be made. If the governing body of eac…

Annexing contiguous cities or towns; annexation ordinance; filing. (a) If after the hearing, the governing body of the annexing city or town finds that the conditions and procedures required by W.S. 15-1-402, 15-1-404 and 15-1-405 have been met and the terms and conditions in the…

Annexing contiguous cities or towns; effective dates; appeals. (a) The annexation of any city or town is effective upon the publication date of the annexing city or town's annexation ordinance, unless a different date is specified in the ordinance. Thereafter the city or town to …

Annexing contiguous cities or towns; how governed; extension of laws, rights and utilities; dissolution of annexed city or town; disposition of assets and liabilities. (a) After the effective date of annexation, the city or town annexed shall be governed as part of the city or to…

Municipal de-annexation. (a) Any landowner within a city or town may petition the governing body of the city or town to have his land or a portion of it de-annexed and the boundaries of the city or town redrawn so their land is outside the city or town boundaries. The landowner s…

Prohibited acts. The granting of an exception to the area wide waste treatment management plan by any city or town to any person may not be conditioned upon any agreement by that person to annexation under this article.

Municipal growth management agreements. (a) Following a public hearing which may be held jointly between the affected cities or towns, any city or town may mutually agree with one (1) or more cities or towns defining the future geographical growth and expansion areas for each res…

Definitions. (a) For the purposes of this article: (i) "Commission" means the planning commission authorized by W.S. 15-1-502; (ii) "Street" includes streets, highways, avenues, boulevards, parkways, roads, lanes, walks, alleys, viaducts, subways, tunnels, bridges, public easemen…

Commission authorized; organization and procedure; compensation; staff; consultants; expenditures. Each city and town may have a planning commission. The number and terms of the members and any other details relating to its organization and procedure shall be determined by the go…

Master plan; adoption; concurrent action; contents; amendment. (a) The commission, after holding public hearings, shall adopt and certify to the governing body a master plan for the physical development of the municipality. If the plan involves territory outside the city or town,…

Master plan; preparatory surveys and studies; general purpose. In preparing the master plan, the commission shall make careful and comprehensive surveys and studies of the existing conditions and probable future growth of the municipality and its environs. The plan shall be made …

Master plan; manner of adopting generally; certification thereof. The commission may adopt the master plan in parts as the plan progresses or as a whole. Any part of the plan shall correspond generally with one (1) or more of the functional subdivisions of the subject matter ther…

Master plan; construction to conform, be approved; overruling disapproval; time limitation. (a) If the governing body has adopted the master plan or any part thereof, no street, park or other public way, ground, place or space, public building or structure or public utility, whet…

General powers of commission. (a) The commission has all powers necessary to perform its functions and promote municipal planning and may: (i) Make reports and recommendations relating to the plan and development of the municipality to public officials and agencies, other organiz…

Major street plan; official map; contents; procedure; effect; recording ordinance. (a) After the commission has adopted a major street plan, the governing body may establish an official map of the whole or any part of the existing public streets. The map may also show the locatio…

Major street plan; preserving integrity of map; building permits; necessary findings; specifications. (a) To preserve the integrity of the official map, the governing body may provide by ordinance, subject to appropriate eminent domain proceeding, that no permit may be issued for…

Major street plan; subdivision plats; approval required; preparation and adoption of governing regulations. (a) If any commission adopts a major street plan and certifies it to the governing body, no plat of a subdivision of land lying within the municipality may be filed or reco…

Major street plan; subdivision plats; when penalty for not preparing; exception; enforcement. Subject to appropriate eminent domain proceedings, if anyone transfers or sells any land located within any area for which a major street plan has been adopted by the commission and the …

Violations of provisions deemed misdemeanor; remedies. Violation of any of the provisions of this article is a misdemeanor. The municipality, or any owner of real estate within the district in which the offending building, structure or land is located, in addition to other remedi…

Regulations; scope and purpose; uniformity within authorized districts; to follow plan; objectives. (a) The governing body of any city or town, by ordinance, may: (i) Regulate and restrict the: (A) Height, number of stories and size of buildings and other structures; (B) Percenta…

Regulations; powers of governing body; public hearing; notice. (a) The governing body shall specify how regulations, restrictions and the district boundaries are to be determined, established, enforced, amended, supplemented or otherwise changed. No governing body shall require t…

Regulations; protest makes change ineffective; exception; hearing and notice. (a) If there is a protest against a change in the regulations, restrictions or district boundaries signed by the owners of twenty percent (20%) or more of the area of the lots included in the proposed c…

Zoning commission; appointment; duties; effect on governing body. The mayor, with the consent of the governing body, shall appoint a zoning commission to recommend the boundaries of the various original districts and appropriate regulations to be enforced therein. The commission …

Board of adjustment; appointment; composition; terms; removal; vacancies. (a) The mayor, with the consent of the governing body, may appoint a board of adjustment consisting of not less than five (5) nor more than seven (7) members. Each member shall be appointed for a term of th…

Board of adjustment; meetings; procedure; records. Board meetings shall be held at the call of the chairman and at such other times as the board determines. The chairman, or in his absence the acting chairman, may administer oaths and compel the attendance of witnesses. All board…

Board of adjustment; appeals to board; grounds; how conducted; stay of proceedings. (a) Any aggrieved person or any officer, department, board or bureau of the city or town affected by any decision of the administrative officer may appeal to the board. Appeals shall be taken with…

Board of adjustment; powers and duties; vote required. (a) The board shall: (i) Hear and decide: (A) Appeals from and review any order, requirement, decision or determination made by an administrative official charged with the enforcement of any ordinance adopted pursuant to this…

Board of adjustment; review of decisions. The decision of the board may be reviewed by the district court pursuant to Rule 12 of the Wyoming Rules of Appellate Procedure.

Action to prevent violations authorized. (a) If any building or structure is erected, constructed, reconstructed, altered, repaired, converted or maintained, or if any building, structure or land is used in violation of this article or of any ordinance or other regulation made un…

Higher standards govern in conflicts. If the regulations made under this article conflict with any statutes or local ordinances or other regulations, the statutes, ordinances or regulations imposing the higher standards govern.

Definitions; vesting of powers and privileges. (a) As used in this article: (i) "Mortgage" means any security device; (ii) "Project" means any land, building, pollution control facility or other improvement and all necessary and appurtenant real and personal properties, whether o…

Powers of municipalities and counties; limitations. (a) In addition to all other powers each municipality, county, and multi-county joint powers board has without any other authority the power to: (i) Acquire one (1) or more projects located within the territorial limits of the m…

Bonds; limitations; terms and conditions; sale; expenses; negotiability. (a) No bonds issued by a municipality or county under this article may be general obligations of the municipality or county. Bonds and interest coupons do not constitute nor give rise to a pecuniary liabilit…

Bonds; sources of security and limitations; mortgage provisions and limitations. (a) The principal and interest on any bonds issued under this article shall be secured by a pledge of the revenues of the project for which the bonds were issued and may be secured by a mortgage cove…

Leasing; prior determinations; record; agreement required; provisions thereof. (a) Before leasing any project the governing body shall determine the: (i) Project furthers the public purpose of providing health care facilities in the state or meets the following public purposes: (…

Refunding bonds; general procedure; limitations. (a) Any municipality or county may refund at any time any bonds issued under this article and outstanding, including without limitation short-term bonds issued in anticipation of the issuance of long-term bonds, by issuing refundin…

Use of bond proceeds for certain purposes; actual project costs. (a) The proceeds from the sale of any bonds issued under this article shall be applied only for the purpose for which the bonds were issued. Any accrued interest and premiums received on the sale shall be applied to…

Taxation or imposition of fee; amount; general procedure. (a) Notwithstanding that title to a project may be in a municipality or county, any project initiated or proceedings instituted prior to February 16, 1967, by the execution of a contract between any municipality and a less…

Advice and information. The executive director of the Wyoming business council and the University of Wyoming shall furnish advice and information in connection with a project when requested to do so by a county or municipality.

Alternative procedures authorized; other provisions applicable; form of transaction; exceptions. (a) Pursuant to this section and as an alternative to the procedures set forth in W.S. 15-1-701 through 15-1-708, a municipality or county may issue revenue bonds to defray the cost o…

Construction authorized; financing; security. (a) The governing body of any city or town may construct and provide off-street parking facilities to reduce street congestion. (b) A city or town may: (i) Appropriate by ordinance all or any portion of the revenues derived from the u…

Concerts and payment authorized; membership. Any city or town may provide public band concerts for the entertainment of their residents and pay the expense out of any monies in the general fund. The band concerts shall be given at a place designated by the governing body.

Tax levy. Any city or town when authorized may levy each year for band concerts, a tax not exceeding one (1) mill on the dollar of all taxable property within its boundaries. The revenue obtained therefrom shall be used only for band concerts.

Tax levy; petition for election thereon; form of question; vote required; limitation. (a) If a petition signed by fifteen percent (15%) of the qualified electors who are real property holders within the city or town is filed with the clerk requesting that the question of a levy f…

Tax levy; petition for election on discontinuing; form of question; vote required. (a) If a petition signed by fifteen percent (15%) of the qualified electors who are real property holders within the city or town is filed with the clerk requesting that the question of discontinui…