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Senate narrows zoning protest thresholds, passes bill to speed some residential development
Summary
Senate File 40, a bill intended to streamline residential development approvals, passed after floor amendments that failed to add neighborhood protections but added a lower threshold for who may file zoning protest petitions.
The Wyoming Senate on Jan. 21 passed Senate File 40, legislation designed to speed approval of certain residential developments by limiting how zoning protest petitions can block local decisions. The bill was amended on the floor and passed by roll call, 29 ayes with 2 excused.
Debate turned on how much discretion to leave to local zoning authorities and whether the bill should explicitly preserve stronger protections for neighborhoods near certain types of facilities. Senator Smith offered a 3rd-reading amendment that listed…
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