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Wyo. Stat. § 15-1-605 (2026)

Board of adjustment; appointment; composition;

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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 three (3) years, except that the initial
appointments shall be:

          (i)    Two (2) for one (1) year;

          (ii)    Two (2) for two (2) years; and

          (iii)    The remaining member or members for three (3)
years.

     (b) The governing body may remove any board member for
cause upon written charges after public hearing. Vacancies shall
be filled for the unexpired portion of a term.

     (c) The mayor, with the consent of the governing body, may
appoint the city or town planning commission as the board of
adjustment.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6 cases (3 in the last 5 years), 1988–2025 · leading case: L. Michael Sorensen & Sheri M. Sorensen, Individually & as Trs. of the Sheri M. Sorensen Living Trust Dated May 15, 2012; Jennifer Anne Twiss & Scott James Twiss v. Sean Halling & Melissa Halling; the Town of Afton, a Wyoming Mun. Corp.; & the Governing Body of the Town of Afton, 2025 WY 8 (Wyo. 2025).
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L. Michael Sorensen & Sheri M. Sorensen, Individually & as Trs. of the Sheri M. Sorensen Living Trust Dated May 15, 2012; Jennifer Anne Twiss & Scott James Twiss v. Sean Halling & Melissa Halling; the Town of Afton, a Wyoming Mun. Corp.; & the Governing Body of the Town of Afton, 2025 WY 8 (Wyo. 2025). · cites it 6× “See Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 15-1-605 (c) (allowing the mayor to appoint the town’s planning commission as the board of adjustment).”
Grace United Methodist Church v. City of Cheyenne, 235 F. Supp. 2d 1186 (D. Wyo. 2002). · cites it 2× “See Wyo. Stat. Ann. §§ 15-1-605 through 15-1-608.”
Rosenberger v. City of Casper Bd. of Adjustment, 765 P.2d 367 (Wyo. 1988). · cites it 2× “Further, the Board's own rules and regulations, which appear to have been adopted pursuant to the WAPA, do not set forth a specific procedure for rehearing final Board decisions concerning Conditional Use Permits.”
L. Michael Sorensen & Sheri M. Sorensen, Individually & as Trs. of the Sheri M. Sorensen Living Trust Dated May 15, 2012; Jennifer Anne Twiss & Scott James Twiss v. Sean Halling & Melissa Halling; the Town of Afton, a Wyoming Mun. Corp.; & the Governing Body of the Town of Afton, 2025 WY 8 (Wyo. 2025). · cites it 6× “See Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 15-1-605 (c) (allowing the mayor to appoint the town’s planning commission as the board of adjustment).”
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 3× “See W.S. 15-1-605 through 15-1-609 (July 1980 Repl.”
V-1 Oil Co. v. City of Rock Springs, 823 P.2d 1176 (Wyo. 1991). “35-9-121 is completely different from the zoning board of adjustment authorized to be established by W.S. 15-1-605 (1991) and, at least in present terms, also different from the Building Codes Appeal Board created by Ordinance 91-02, adopted April 2, 1991.”
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