18-5-201. Authority vested in board of county commissioners; inapplicability of chapter to incorporated cities and towns; mineral resources; private schools. (a) To promote the public health, safety, morals and general welfare of the county, each board of county commissioners may regulate and restrict the location and use of buildings and structures and the use, condition […]
18-5-202. Planning and zoning commission; composition; residency requirements, terms and removal of members; vacancies; rules; record; meetings to be public; secretary; preparation and amendments; purpose; certifications and hearing; amendments. (a) Each board of county commissioners may by resolution create and establish a planning and zoning commission. The commission shall be composed of five (5) members […]
18-5-203. Certificate required to locate buildings or use land within zoning resolution; issuance and denial; appeal upon denial. It is unlawful to locate, erect, construct, reconstruct, enlarge, change, maintain or use any building or use any land within any area included in a zoning resolution without first obtaining a zoning certificate from the board of […]
18-5-204. Violation of W.S. 18-5-202(c); continuing violation. No person shall locate, erect, construct, reconstruct, enlarge, change, maintain or use any building or use any land in violation of a resolution or amendment adopted by any board of county commissioners under W.S. 18-5-202(c). Each day’s continuation of such violation is a separate offense.
18-5-205. Enforcement of zoning resolution by injunction, mandamus or abatement; appeal. Any zoning resolution passed by the board pursuant to W.S. 18-5-202(b) and (c) is enforceable in addition to other remedies provided by law by injunction, mandamus or abatement.
18-5-206. Penalty for violation of W.S. 18-5-201 through 18-5-204. Whoever violates any provision of W.S. 18-5-201 through 18-5-204 shall be fined not more than seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00) for each offense.
18-5-207. Continuation of existing uses; effect of alteration or addition; future use after discontinuation of nonconforming use. (a) A zoning resolution enacted under the provisions of W.S. 18-5-201 through 18-5-206 shall not prohibit the continuance of the use of any land, building or structure for the purpose for which the land, building or structure is […]
18-5-208. Special expertise of board of county commissioners and coordination of planning efforts with federal agencies. (a) When representing a county as a cooperating agency in matters related to the National Environmental Policy Act and in federal land planning, implementation and management actions, a board of county commissioners shall be deemed to have special expertise […]
