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Wyoming panel raises threshold for zoning protest petitions, limits who can block development
Summary
The Senate Appropriations Committee amended and passed Senate File 40, raising ownership and distance thresholds for zoning protest petitions and specifying that changes apply only to protests filed after July 1.
The Senate Appropriations Committee on Wednesday amended and approved Senate File 40, a bill that changes how local protest petitions can delay or overturn municipal zoning decisions.
Senator Garoo, sponsor of the bill in the committee, told members the measure came from the interim regulation reduction task force and was intended to reduce the ability of single large landowners or small groups to derail developments. "The bottom line here is before it was felt that 1 large landowner could stymie a subdivision," Garoo said, adding the bill was aimed at supporting housing development.
The measure replaces the current 20% protest threshold with an ownership-based test tied to property area or adjacency. As introduced,…
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