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Commissioners grant two‑year variance for accessory housing on 0.97‑acre lot near Cody
Summary
Board approved a variance allowing an accessory housing unit on a 0.97‑acre parcel less than the one‑acre threshold; commissioners limited the variance to two years and discussed precedent and YDOT’s prior right‑of‑way reduction.
Park County commissioners voted to grant a variance that allows construction of an accessory housing unit in addition to a single‑family residence on a 0.97‑acre parcel near the city of Cody, changing staff’s recommended one‑year expiration to a two‑year expiration.
Planning staff summarized that accessory housing units in the RH zoning district are permitted only on lots of at least one acre. The applicant, Jeff Umplet, owns Lot 9 in the Mueller subdivision (0.97 acres) and said the parcel was reduced below one acre when the Wyoming Department of…
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