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Committee recommends annexations and assigned zoning for multiple eastern Cheyenne tracts
Summary
The Cheyenne Public Services Committee recommended the City Council approve several county-pocket annexations and assigned zoning changes, including split zoning for a mixed-use parcel that surrounds part of a church and AG holding zoning for a 20.41-acre parcel. Planning staff said landowners largely supported the moves.
The Cheyenne Public Services Committee on Nov. 17 recommended that the City Council approve several county-pocket annexations and accompanying assigned zoning for tracts in eastern Cheyenne.
Planning staff described County Pocket Annexation No. 8 as a mix of residential and business tracts fully surrounded by city limits in the Pershing/US‑30 area. Connor White of the planning and development department said the pockets bring no new rights-of-way into the city, noted that one public hearing attracted a single commenter concerned about utility connection timing and costs, and said most landowners indicated support. He identified one property, Parcel 12, where a church sits half inside the city and half in unincorporated county territory; staff recommended continuing the city mixed-use business (MUB) zoning around that parcel so the church could operate under a single municipal zoning regime.
For Annexation Pocket 8 staff recommended medium density residential (MR) for Parcels 1–7, splitting Parcel 8 so the north portion would be zoned mixed use business (MUB) while the south portion would be MR, community business (CB) for Parcel 9, and MUB for Parcel 12. The Planning Commission recommended approval of the assigned zoning.
Separately, Morgan Dennis of planning and development reported on an approximately 20.41-acre annexation east of Converse Avenue and north of East Carlson Street. Dennis said the parcel is about 62% contiguous with the city, lies inside the urban service boundary and is designated urban residential on the future land-use map. The Planning Commission recommended assigning AG (agricultural) as a holding zone for that land and also recommended a zone change to NR‑3 (neighborhood residential, high density) for a nearby property to align with existing NR‑3 to the south.
Committee members asked whether the public had raised zoning concerns; staff said no comments on the assigned zoning had been received. The committee moved and seconded recommendations on the annexations and zoning items and signaled to forward approvals to the full City Council on Monday night.
What happens next: The recommendations will go to the Cheyenne City Council for final action at the upcoming council meeting.
