Cheyenne
City of Cheyenne, Planning and Development Department
In short
City of Cheyenne, Planning and Development Department 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conditional Use Permit / Zoning Variance / Site Plan Reviewonly if it applies to you | City of Cheyenne, Planning and Development Department | From the City's Schedule of Fees, set by Resolution 6213: a conditional use permit is $825.00, a special use permit $1,500.00, a zoning variance $675.00, a zone change $850.00 and an administrative use $500.00. A new site plan is $1,800.00, a site plan modification of twenty-five percent or more $900.00 and under twenty-five percent $450.00, while site plan change of use documentation with no proposed exterior modifications is $100.00. An administrative adjustment is $100.00, an appeal of an administrative decision $850.00, a temporary use permit $600.00, an accessory dwelling unit $600.00 and a home occupation $50.00. A zoning verification letter is $25.00 standard or $100.00 non-standard, and a building permit review fee $50.00. | one-time per application | 2026-09-14 |
| Sign Permit (building permit plus review fee)only if it applies to you | City of Cheyenne, Planning and Development Department | There is no standalone flat sign fee. The Unified Development Code requires a building permit for every sign, so the cost is the §15.08.030 valuation-based building permit fee computed on the sign's value, plus a $50.00 Sign Permit Review Fee on the planning schedule. A sign permit variance is $1,370.00 is not charged here; a zoning variance, where one is needed, is $675.00. | not stated in the published schedule | 2026-09-14 |
| Child Care Application — City Planning Approval; State License (Cheyenne) | City of Cheyenne, Planning and Development Department | $375 per child care planning application | one-time per application; the state license is separate and renews annually | 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
Conditional Use Permit / Zoning Variance / Site Plan Review
The $100.00 line for 'Site Plan Change of Use Documentation with No Proposed Exterior Modifications' is the one worth knowing for a business simply taking over an existing space — it is a fraction of the $1,800.00 new site plan fee and covers the common case where a tenant changes but the building does not. The $25.00 standard zoning verification letter is likewise the cheapest way to establish in writing that an intended use is permitted at an address before committing to a lease. A currency caveat applies to this whole schedule: the document's internal title is 'City of Cheyenne Fees 7.31.23.xls,' a later re-export rather than a new legislative act. The planning fees it carries were last set by Resolution 6213 (adopted March 14, 2022), and the City's own FY2027 Planning and Development budget request (presented May 15, 2026) lists an 'Application fee review — 5-year review pursuant to Res. 6213 (March 2022)' as still-upcoming work, confirming no newer planning-fee resolution has superseded it as of that budget cycle; its business license rows also match the Clerk's live table exactly, corroborating the same conclusion.
Sign Permit (building permit plus review fee)
Under the Unified Development Code, a sign needs a building permit rather than a separate flat-rate sign permit — the Code folds signs into the building permit system, §6.5 stating that 'No sign shall be erected without a building permit' and that the Director decides sign permits at the same time as the building permit. The City's own FAQ confirms the practical effect: 'Yes, both new signs and remodels of existing signs require a building permit.' So a business budgets the valuation-based building permit fee on the sign's construction value plus the $50.00 planning review fee. A sign erector is separately licensed as a contractor.
Child Care Application — City Planning Approval; State License (Cheyenne)
Childcare is licensed by the Wyoming Department of Family Services, and the City Clerk's license fee page lists no childcare license; the state charges $25.00 to apply and $25.00 to renew under its Child Care Licensing Rules chapter 2 §9, as rewritten effective April 21, 2026, which halved the previous $50.00 figures. What the City charges is a $375.00 planning application, which is a land use approval rather than an operating license, and the Unified Development Code makes the state credential a condition of it: §5.7.4 requires for each childcare category that 'All requirements of the Wyoming Department of Family Services shall be met.' A childcare facility is also inspected annually by the Cheyenne-Laramie County Health Department, whose own page states that 'Inspections are completed for child care facilities once a year' while directing licensing questions to the Wyoming Department of Family Services. No fee for that county inspection is published on the department's page.
Contact
- Jurisdiction
- Cheyenne
- Phone
- (307) 637-6282
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.
- 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
- City of Cheyenne Unified Development Code — §1.3.12 (fees required at filing), §6.5 (signs, requiring that no sign be erected without a building permit), §5.7.2 (home occupations) and §5.7.4 (family child care homes and child care centers, each requiring compliance with Wyoming Department of Family Services requirements)City of Cheyenne Planning and Development Department · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-14
- Environmental Health — the Cheyenne-Laramie County Health Department's own current pages for retail food establishment plan review, temporary food events, and daycare and school inspections, being one of only six local health programmes in WyomingCheyenne-Laramie County Health Department · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-14
- Planning and Development Department Proposed Budget Requests, presented May 15, 2026 — lists a 5-year review of application fees pursuant to Resolution 6213 (March 2022) as still-upcoming FY2027 work, confirming no newer planning-fee resolution has superseded itCity of Cheyenne · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-18
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