§ 9-8-301 — Development of plans

Wyoming § 9-8-301

• Jurisdiction: Wyoming
• Title 09: Administration of the Government
• Ch. 8: LAND USE PLANNING
• Art. 3: LOCAL LEVEL

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(a) All local governments shall develop a local land use
plan within their jurisdiction.
(b) All incorporated cities and towns shall have the
option to develop a land use plan in accordance with the
requirements of W.S. 9-8-302(a), or cooperate with the county to
develop such a plan under W.S. 9-8-302(b).
(c) All counties shall develop a countywide land use plan
which shall incorporate the land use plans of all incorporated
cities and towns within the county.
(d) As used in this article:
(i) "Local land use plan" means any written statement
of land use policies, visions, goals and objectives adopted by
local governments. Local land use plans shall provide an
explanation of the methods for implementation of the plan,
however, these plans shall not require any provisions for zoning
and implementation of the plan shall be subject to the
provisions of this article. Any local land use plan may contain
maps, graphs, charts, illustrations or any other form of written
or visual communication;
(ii) "Zoning" means a form of regulatory control
granted to local governments which may be used to guide and to
develop specific allowable land use.
(e) Local land use plans may guide local governments in
adopting or amending local zoning regulations, however, such
plans shall not be construed as a substitute for, or equivalent
to, duly enacted local zoning regulations, which have the force
and effect of law. Local land use plans shall be implemented in
accordance with the following:
(i) In the event of a conflict between a duly enacted
local zoning regulation and a local land use plan the local
zoning regulation shall control;
(ii) No local government shall require that a land
use or physical development be consistent with a local land use
plan unless the applicable provisions of the local land use plan
have been incorporated into the local zoning regulations.
(f) Nothing in this article shall allow any local
government to use a local land use plan as authority to deny or
restrict a permissible land use or physical development which is
not restricted or prohibited under existing zoning regulations.