Wyoming Statutes

Wyo. Stat. § 15-1-502 (2026)

Commission authorized; organization and

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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 governing
body. The members shall be appointed by the mayor with the
consent of the governing body and shall serve without
compensation, except for reasonable expenses. The commission may
appoint employees and staff necessary for its work and may
contract with city planners and other consultants, including any
appropriate agencies or departments of the state of Wyoming, for
any service it requires. Commission expenditures shall not
exceed the amount of funds appropriated by the governing body or
obtained through gifts or otherwise.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 4 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1978–2025 · leading case: Coulter v. City of Rawlins, 662 P.2d 888 (Wyo. 1983).

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Coulter v. City of Rawlins, 662 P.2d 888 (Wyo. 1983). · cites it 2× “Section 15-1-502, W.S. 1977 (1980 Replacement).”

Ahearn v. Town of Wheatland, 2002 WY 12 (Wyo. 2002). “15-1-502; (ii) "Street" includes streets, highways, avenues, boulevards, parkways, roads, lanes, walks, alleys, viaducts, subways, tunnels, bridges, public easements and rights-of-way and other ways; (ii) "Subdivision" means the division of a tract or parcel of land into three…”

Preserve Our Cody Neighborhoods, an unincorporated Ass'n; Terry & Diana Skinner; Dan & Konnie Haman; Patrick & Lynn Pitet; Sheila & Doug Peterson; Becky Stern; Siri & Tom Blake; Carla Egelhoff; Peggy Rohrbach; Brandi & Ty Nelson; Sarah Mcclure; & Chuck & Celeste Radtke v. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, a Utah Corp. sole & City of Cody Plan., Zoning & Adjustment Bd., 2025 WY 64 (Wyo. 2025). · cites it 6× “Wyo. Stat. Ann. §§ 15-1-502 (allowing city to have a planning commission); 15-1-604 (allowing for an already existing city planning commission to be appointed as the zoning commission); 15-1-605 (allowing the mayor, with the consent of the governing body, to appoint the city…”

Town of Wheatland v. Allison, 577 P.2d 1006 (Wyo. 1978). “Appellees cite §§ 15-1-502 and 15-1-510, W.S.1977 [§§ 15.”

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