Cheyenne, WY Building Safety: Electrical Permits (2026)
Key Facts
- Electrical code
- NEC 2023 Edition adopted
- Enforcing agency
- Building Safety Department
- Early-start penalty
- Investigation fee = permit fee
- Permit fee basis
- Project valuation, § 15.08.030
Summary
Cheyenne enforces the 2023 National Electrical Code and requires a permit from the building safety department before any electrical work begins, with a penalty fee for starting early.
Work commencing before permit issuance. Any person who commences any work on a building, structure, electrical, gas, mechanical or plumbing system before obtaining the necessary permits shall be subject to an investigation fee. The investigation fee shall be in an amount equal to the permit fee.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 73).
Full Breakdown
The city adopted the National Electrical Code, 2023 Edition, in Chapter 15.20 of the Cheyenne City Code, amended locally so a service disconnect must sit immediately behind or adjacent to the metering equipment. Separately, the code's permit-administration amendments (Section 15.10.020(H), amending IRC Section R108.6) make clear that electrical work is one of the systems covered by the city's permit-before-work rule: starting the job before the permit is issued triggers an investigation fee equal to the permit fee itself, on top of the standard permit fee set by the valuation-based schedule in Section 15.08.030.
Violations & Fines
Starting electrical work before a permit issues draws an investigation fee equal to the full permit fee; unpermitted work can also be red-tagged and held up pending inspection.
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