Cheyenne
City of Cheyenne, Compliance Department — Building Safety
In short
City of Cheyenne, Compliance Department — Building Safety issues 3 permits we publish for Cheyenne, last verified 2026-09-14. Each carries the fee as the agency publishes it, with a link to the schedule it was read from.
What this agency issues
| Permit | Issuing agency | Fee | Renews | Last checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Contractor License (nine classes; city-administered) | City of Cheyenne, Compliance Department — Building Safety | Every class carries a $50.00 application fee. Class A general contractor is $600.00 initially and $200.00 to renew; Class B building contractor and Class R residential contractor are $400.00 and $100.00; Class C-1 subcontractor is $200.00 and $75.00; Classes C-2, C-3 and D are $200.00 and $50.00; and Classes E educational, F fire protection and S specialty are $300.00 and $75.00. Building trade licenses are separate: a qualified supervisor or master is $50.00 application, $50.00 initial and $25.00 renewal; a journeyman $50.00, $30.00 and $15.00; a low voltage technician or limited electrical technician $25.00, $25.00 and $15.00; and an apprentice $10.00, $10.00 and $5.00. A city-administered examination is $50.00 and a re-application after denial $50.00. | annual — all licenses issued by the Contractor Licensing Board expire one year from the date of issuance | 2026-09-14 |
| Building Permit | City of Cheyenne, Compliance Department — Building Safety | A valuation table under CMC §15.08.030: $23.50 from $1.00 to $500.00; $23.50 for the first $500.00 plus $3.05 per additional $100.00 to $2,000.00; $69.25 for the first $2,000.00 plus $14.00 per additional $1,000.00 to $25,000.00; $391.75 for the first $25,000.00 plus $10.10 per $1,000.00 to $50,000.00; $643.75 for the first $50,000.00 plus $7.00 per $1,000.00 to $100,000.00; $993.75 for the first $100,000.00 plus $5.60 per $1,000.00 to $500,000.00; $3,233.75 for the first $500,000.00 plus $4.75 per $1,000.00 to $1,000,000.00; and $5,608.75 for the first $1,000,000.00 plus $3.65 per additional $1,000.00. Plan review is sixty-five percent of the associated permit fee. Inspections outside normal business hours are $85.00 per hour with a two-hour minimum, a re-inspection is $250.00, and any inspection with no fee specified is $85.00 per hour with a half-hour minimum. Outside consultants are charged at actual cost plus two percent. Renewing an expired permit costs fifteen percent of the original permit valuation. | not stated in the published schedule; renewal of an expired permit costs fifteen percent of the original permit valuation | 2026-09-14 |
| Certificate of Occupancy (final certificate free; temporary and change of use charged) | City of Cheyenne, Compliance Department — Building Safety | A final certificate of occupancy carries no separate fee — it is issued on final inspection. A temporary certificate is charged and partially refundable on a sliding scale: $300.00 for a residential structure, refunded $300.00, $200.00 or $100.00 if converted within thirty, sixty or ninety days, and $1,250.00 for a commercial structure, refunded $1,250.00, $1,000.00 or $500.00 across the same periods. A change of use permit where no work is being done carries a minimum fee of $250.00. A penalty of $750.00 applies for failing to convert a temporary certificate of occupancy on a commercial structure, and the same for a one- or two-family structure. | a temporary certificate is converted within thirty, sixty or ninety days on the refund scale | 2026-09-14 |
Fees shown as a range or formula are set that way by the issuing agency — we do not average them into a single number.
About each permit
Contractor License (nine classes; city-administered)
The Wyoming Secretary of State's Business FAQs answer 'Is a general contractor license required in Wyoming?' by directing contractors to 'contact the local jurisdiction where the construction activity is to take place', and Cheyenne runs that local regime. The class structure is scope-based: Class A 'entitles the holder to apply for permits for the construction, alteration, or repair of any type or size of structure, provided he/she employs properly licensed sub-contractors'; Class B covers residential up to three stories under the residential code plus 'single-story commercial buildings with 7,500 square feet total area or less'; Class R covers detached single-family up to three stories; Classes C and D are subcontractor and vocational classes that may not act as general contractor. Insurance minimums are set per occurrence and in aggregate: $1,000,000 and $2,000,000 for Classes A, B and R, and $300,000 and $600,000 for Classes C, D and F, plus Wyoming workers' compensation. No bond is required, which distinguishes Cheyenne from Gillette. Section 5.44.020(D) extends licensing to portable fire extinguisher work, hose station equipment and 'Servicing of any kitchen hood system,' which reaches restaurant service contractors. Unlicensed work carries an investigation fee equal to the license fee and the permit fee. Two caveats apply: the March 2026 regulations add handyman tiers D1, D2 and D3 whose renewal amounts extract ambiguously from a mis-aligned table and are recorded here only as the single Class D $50.00 renewal that the December 2023 regulations and the citywide schedule both state cleanly; and electricians must additionally hold state licenses, the schedule noting that 'State License Required for Electrical Master and Contractor, Qualified Supervisor, Journeyman, Technician, and Apprentice.'
Building Permit
The $250.00 re-inspection fee is notably high relative to the permit itself — on a small commercial fit-out it can exceed the original permit fee — so scheduling inspections only when work is genuinely ready matters here more than in most cities. Development impact fees apply separately and are charged before the permit issues: the City's Non-Residential Development Fee Worksheet revised January 28, 2026 adds a $50.00 planning and development review fee to all building permits, a park land acquisition and infrastructure fee of $700 per acre with a $250.00 minimum, a commercial enhancement fee of $1,100 per acre with the same minimum, and a public safety fee of $654.56 per 1,000 square feet of finished floor area for commercial and service uses, $562.58 for industrial, $320.01 for civic and public service and $1,086.55 for employment, agriculture and other uses. The worksheet states that 'Fees are due prior to issuance of a building permit.'
Certificate of Occupancy (final certificate free; temporary and change of use charged)
The final certificate is genuinely free — the City describes it as 'a formal document that is issued when a new building construction project or change of use to a structure has been completed according to the approved plans and approved by the building inspector,' and the City's fee schedules carry no fee line for it. The costs sit on the two exceptions. A commercial temporary certificate is $1,250.00, which is high for such a charge, though the refund scale returns the whole amount if the permanent certificate is obtained within thirty days and half of it within ninety. And a change of use with no construction still costs a minimum of $250.00, with the ordinance providing that 'No building undergoing a change of use shall be used or occupied until the building has been inspected, approved and a certificate of occupancy/completion has been obtained' — so a business taking over an existing space for a different purpose cannot avoid the charge by doing no work.
Contact
- Jurisdiction
- Cheyenne
- Phone
- (307) 637-6265
Contact details are taken from the agency’s own site or its published fee schedule. Where we have not verified a phone number we leave it blank rather than guess.
Sources
Every fee and term above was read from one of these government pages on the date shown.
- Building Permit Fee Schedule — the Compliance Department's own current page and the valuation lookup table published September 11, 2026 giving permit, plan review and total figuresCity of Cheyenne Compliance Department · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-14
- Cheyenne Municipal Code, Supplement 73, codified through Ordinance 4662 (3-23-2026) — §5.04.030 (the twenty-eight enumerated license categories), §5.04.090 (annual expiry and the $25.00 late renewal fee), §5.08.030 (barber and beauty shop), §5.08.240 (nicotine retail), §5.20.030 (garage and car lot), §5.44.020 (contractor licensing requirement), §5.52.040 (massage establishment), §5.76.030 (transient merchant), §8.12.020 (2024 International Fire Code adoption), §8.40.040 (county health application precondition), §8.40.060 (food service establishment fee) and §8.40.070 (mobile food vendor fees), and §15.08.030 (building permit fees)City of Cheyenne · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-14
- City of Cheyenne Contractor Licensing Board Rules and Regulations, revised March 10, 2026 — the nine contractor classes and their scope, the building trade licenses, the insurance minimums by class, the annual expiry and the investigation fee for unlicensed workCity of Cheyenne Contractor Licensing Board · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-14
- City of Cheyenne Schedule of Fees, set by Resolution 6213 — the planning application fees, contractor license fees, building and construction miscellaneous fees and the City Clerk business license rowsCity of Cheyenne · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-14
- Wyoming Secretary of State — business FAQ, confirming no general license beyond entity registrationWyoming Secretary of State · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-04
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