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Planning commission backs rezoning to create Business Park zone for Cheyenne Business Park and Camp Tool
Summary
The Cheyenne Planning Commission recommended the governing body approve creating a Business Park (BP) zone covering Cheyenne Business Park and Camp Tool Business Park, standardizing setbacks and uses; staff agreed to exclude a parcel whose owner requested to remain Heavy Industrial.
The Cheyenne Planning Commission on May 4 recommended the governing body rezone Cheyenne Business Park and Camp Tool Business Park to a new Business Park (BP) zone designed to consolidate parcels, reduce certain setback and landscaping requirements and allow more uses by right.
Connor White of the Planning and Development Department told commissioners the change is staff‑initiated to address repeated, incremental rezoning requests in the area and to allow the business park to develop consistently. He said the BP district was created to combine features of the earlier HI and Community Business zones while providing additional flexibility for uses and reduced setbacks.
White said the BP zone requires contiguous acreage (about 320 acres) to avoid isolated spot zoning. He also noted one property owner—near the former Blue Cross RV lot adjacent to Camping World—asked to be left in Heavy Industrial (HI); staff supported that exclusion and advised the commission they could remove those lots prior to council consideration.
Dante Rush, director of real estate and property management for Cheyenne Leads, addressed the commission during public comment and urged approval, saying the BP zone would “help speed projects to market” by allowing more by‑right uses and clearer landscaping and setback standards.
In response to commissioner questions, White said BP would limit full outdoor storage (generally allowing up to about 50% of a lot for outdoor storage and grandfathering existing storage) and would not change the fact that data centers were already permitted in the existing LI/HI districts. He explained parcel combinations to create larger contiguous BP blocks would typically be handled by administrative plats and site plans.
A commissioner moved to recommend the governing body approve rezoning the mapped parcels to BP, with the requested lots removed as noted by staff. The motion passed on a roll call vote with affirmative responses recorded from Justin Trip, Bob Mati, Amy Hernandez, Daryl Hibbons, Megan Connor and Tony Lair. The rezoning recommendation will now proceed to the governing body for final action.
