Casper, WY

Casper caps grass and other lawful vegetation at eight inches on every lot in the city, citing fire prevention and erosion control. The city manager enforces it the same way as the…

Casper Municipal Code § 12.32.170 requires property owners to trim overhanging branches to a clear height of fifteen feet above streets and alleys and eight feet above sidewalks, and…

Casper Municipal Code § 12.32.080 requires a written permit from the parks and recreation director before anyone prunes, trims, plants, removes or replaces a tree or shrub on public…

During a declared water emergency, Casper's mayor can restrict irrigation under Municipal Code Sec. 13.16.040: limiting park watering or all lawn and garden irrigation to the hours of…

Casper Municipal Code § 8.32.010 defines compostable materials as yard trimmings, tree branches and leaves that can be diverted to the city compost site, and § 8.32.110 lets residents…

Casper property owners next to native, undeveloped areas must mow and maintain a fire break strip between their land and that native vegetation. The city manager sets the strip's width…

Casper Municipal Code § 8.32.120 makes it unlawful to burn any garbage or refuse within the city unless a local, state or federal agency has authorized it. The prohibition sits in the…

Casper restricts bulk liquefied-petroleum-gas storage citywide, not just in one zoning district. Municipal Code § 15.40.050 ties the limit directly to Section 6104.2 of the 2024…

Casper requires hardwired smoke detectors with battery backup in hotels, motels and residential dwellings. Section 15.28.390 requires smoke detectors as called for by the adopted…

Wyoming Statute 35-10-201 et seq. establishes the statewide fireworks framework. Recent legislation preempts cities and counties from prohibiting consumer fireworks between noon and…

Wyoming Statutes §§ 35-9-301 through 35-9-304 let county commissioners close areas outside incorporated towns to open fires during extreme fire danger. Wyoming has no statewide…

In the City of Casper, a dog or cat that barks, whines or howls excessively, continuously or at untimely hours meets the code's definition of a "public nuisance" under Casper Municipal…

Casper exempts construction noise from its general noise-level limits only between 7:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m. Casper Municipal Code § 8.20.030(D) requires functioning mufflers on all…

The City of Casper bars radios, musical instruments, phonographs and other sound equipment from playing louder than needed for voluntary listeners in the room, vehicle or chamber where…

Table 8.20.040 of the Casper Municipal Code caps sound crossing a property line at 55 dB(A) by day and 50 dB(A) at night in residential districts, rising to 80 dB(A) day and 75 dB(A)…

Casper caps motorized-vehicle sound at 90 dB(A) for vehicles over 10,000 pounds and 80 dB(A) for lighter vehicles, requires functioning mufflers under Casper Municipal Code § 8.20.050…

Casper defines a "grooming shop" as a commercial establishment where animals are bathed, clipped or groomed, one of the "commercial animal establishments" listed in Casper Municipal…

Casper requires every cat over six months old to be licensed under Casper Municipal Code § 6.04.020, with a rabies certificate on file with Metro Animal Services (MAS). Section…

Casper Municipal Code § 6.04.040(C) makes it unlawful to feed, shelter or entice any non-domesticated animal onto public property or one's own property, with narrow exceptions for…

Casper Municipal Code § 6.04.040(A)(1) caps ownership at three cats and three dogs per premises within city limits, unless the property is a kennel or cattery in a zone that permits…

Casper Municipal Code § 6.04.050 lets residents keep bee colonies but sets a ten-foot setback from adjoining property lines, requires a six-foot flyway fence when a colony sits within…

Casper Municipal Code § 6.04.100 makes it unlawful for any domesticated animal to be "at large," defined at § 6.04.010(8) as off the owner's property without a leash or enclosed…

Casper regulates dangerous dogs by behavior, not breed. Section 6.04.301 makes it unlawful to keep an unrestrained vicious or aggressive animal, requiring a secure collar and a leash…

Casper lets any occupied single-family home keep up to six chicken hens as an accessory use, but bans roosters citywide except in the AG urban-agriculture zoning district. Coops must…

Casper defines wild animals and exotic pets broadly, from monkeys to big cats to wolves, but its outright ban falls squarely on venomous and poisonous species. Section 6.04.290 makes…

Casper does not require every pet to be sterilized, but it mandates spay or neuter in two specific situations. Anyone adopting a dog or cat from Metro Animal Services must agree in the…

Casper does not require every dog or cat to carry a microchip, but Section 6.04.302(b) forces the issue for a spared vicious dog. If a court declines to order a vicious animal…

Casper's zoning code keeps veterinary practices out of houses. Section 17.12.140(A)(3) expressly excludes veterinary uses, including the boarding of animals, from the home occupations…

Casper bans barbed wire, razor wire and other sharp-pointed metal fencing outright in every residential district under Municipal Code Section 9.48.020, and its zoning code, Section…

In the City of Casper, fences and walls cap out at eight feet everywhere, but anything between the street and the front building line drops to four feet, or forty-eight inches…

Casper Municipal Code § 17.12.120(I) lets a residential property abutting a commercial, industrial, business or multi-family use build a buffering fence along the shared property line…

Casper Municipal Code § 17.12.120(B) requires a fence permit from the Community Development Department before any fence or wall is built or modified in the city. A building permit is…

Casper's Municipal Code Section 10.36.020(B) bars parking any commercial vehicle over twenty feet long or eight feet wide, plus any truck tractor or semitrailer, on a city street or…

Casper's Municipal Code Section 10.36.020 lets an RV, boat, or trailer park on a public street only directly in front of the owner's or renter's own lot, caps street parking at five…

Casper Municipal Code § 10.60.070 bars abandoning a vehicle on any city street, alley or public property, and § 10.60.010 lets police tow an obstructing vehicle to a city garage at the…

The City of Casper bans parking on designated snow route streets once a snow emergency is declared, under rules set in the city's Parking Manual (Casper Municipal Code § 10.36.020)…

Casper Municipal Code § 10.36.020(A) bans parking that blocks driveways, hydrants, crosswalks, and intersections, and requires cars to park parallel to the curb, facing the direction…

Casper Municipal Code § 17.12.100 requires any retail, warehouse, industrial, manufacturing, freight or wholesale building of ten thousand square feet or more to provide off-street…

Wyoming sets no dollar cap on hookup, mileage, winching or storage charges, has no statutory drop fee, and requires no warning sign at a private lot. What it does instead is shift the…

In the City of Casper, a home occupation operated out of a residence may display only one identification sign under Casper Municipal Code section 17.12.140(A)(2). The sign must be…

Casper Municipal Code § 17.08.010 lets a provider care for three to eight unrelated children as a "family child care home" with no extra zoning review, but nine or ten children tips it…

Casper Municipal Code § 17.12.140(A) bars a home occupation from generating traffic attraction, noise, dust, glare or other disturbing influences greater than other residential…

Casper Municipal Code § 17.12.140 permits a home occupation as an accessory use in any residential district, capping the business space at twenty-five percent of the dwelling's floor…

Wyoming requires a food licence from the Department of Agriculture or a local health department before anyone processes, stores, distributes or prepares food for sale, and W.S…

Wyoming does not run a microenterprise home kitchen permit program because it does not require a permit at all. The Wyoming Food Freedom Act, W.S. 11-49-101 through 11-49-104, exempts…

Casper Municipal Code § 17.08.010 defines an accessory dwelling unit as a full living unit added to, built within, or detached from a single-family home, but requires the property…

Casper Municipal Code § 17.12.121 lets detached garages and accessory buildings, including sheds, go up on residential lots in any zoning district, but a building permit kicks in at…

Casper Municipal Code § 17.08.010 defines a "bed and breakfast homestay" as a private, owner-occupied residence renting no more than two guest rooms, kept subordinate and incidental to…

Under Casper Municipal Code § 17.12.080, item 12 of the off-street parking schedule requires a bed and breakfast to provide one off-street parking space for each sleeping room offered…

Wyoming imposes a universal 5% statewide lodging tax plus 4% state sales tax on short-term rentals under 30 days. Operators must register with the Wyoming Department of Revenue and…

Every public pool and spa in Wyoming must hold a valid, annually renewed license from the Department of Agriculture or a local health department, receive at least one inspection per…

Every lot owner in the City of Casper, improved or unimproved, must keep the lot, parkways, alleyways and abutting sidewalk free from weeds. The city manager or an authorized agent can…

Casper enforces blight and unsafe structures through the Uniform Code for the Abatement of Dangerous Buildings, 1988 Edition, adopted under Chapter 15.48. A licensed demolition…

Casper confines sexually oriented businesses, adult cabarets, sex shops and video arcades to the C-4, M-1 and M-2 zoning districts and keeps them 300 feet from schools, parks…

In the City of Casper, no one may run a pawnbroker or secondhand dealer business under Section 5.36.020 without a city license, and pawnbrokers must also hold a Wyoming Uniform…

In the City of Casper, Section 5.36.010 defines a secondhand dealer's regulated property and Section 5.36.020 requires even temporary out-of-city dealers to hold the same city license…

Casper's police chief arranges non-consent vehicle removal through private wrecker services and city-designated storage sites under Casper Municipal Code § 10.60.030. Towing and…

Casper licenses tattoo parlors and permanent cosmetic studios as businesses affecting the public health under Chapter 8.04. A license costs twenty-five dollars, requires health officer…

Casper Municipal Code § 17.12.140(A)(3) explicitly excludes "body repair and painting" from the home occupations allowed inside a dwelling in a residential district. That puts auto…

Casper Municipal Code Chapter 8.48 bars keeping rubbish, loose lumber, boxes or scrap iron that could shelter rats on any premises, improved or unimproved, and requires business…

Casper Municipal Code § 8.42.090 requires sharps and other infectious waste to go into a red, BIO HAZARD-labeled bag or sharps container, but individuals may instead drop sharps at a…

Casper bars loitering in a public place when it creates a breach-of-peace risk, blocks pedestrians or vehicles, rudely interferes with someone lawfully present, or disturbs a school…

Casper bans aggressive panhandling, begging, or charitable and political solicitation anywhere in the city at any time, while leaving passive solicitation protected as speech except in…

Casper Municipal Code § 9.24.080 makes it unlawful to urinate or defecate on any public street or sidewalk, or in any other public place or place open to public view, unless using a…

In the City of Casper it is unlawful to cross a street inside the central business district or within any school zone except at a marked or indicated crosswalk. City-wide, pedestrians…

Casper's public-smoking ordinance folds marijuana into its citywide indoor ban. Chapter 8.16 defines "smoking" to include any lighted "weed" or "plant," and defines an "electronic…

In the City of Casper, Section 5.08.480 makes it unlawful to possess or drink alcohol from an open container in a vehicle, on any street, sidewalk or other open space unless the city…

Casper Municipal Code § 10.64.155 bans skateboards, scooters, and similar wheeled devices from riding on benches, planters, railings, stairs, and other public fixtures unless the city…

Casper's smoking ban is built around enclosed public places, but two outdoor rules bite: smoking is banned outright in or on all city-owned youth athletic facilities, and anyone…

The City of Casper bans loud, unnecessary or unusual noise, including yelling, singing, whistling or shouting, that disturbs the peace, health or safety of anyone in the city. There is…

Casper Municipal Code Chapter 10.64 bars bicycles and e-scooters from any public right-of-way where bicycles are prohibited and caps sidewalk riding to areas where the abutting…

Casper requires every dockless scooter-share provider to hold a permit from the city clerk under Casper Municipal Code § 10.64.180, pay a $90 per-scooter annual right-of-way fee, and…

Wyoming never adopted the federal low-speed vehicle or neighborhood electric vehicle category, and the phrase appears nowhere in Title 31. Instead the state runs two definitions…

Casper requires a parade permit from the chief of police before any parade, march or procession on city streets, parks or public places, with narrow exceptions for unpermitted…

In the City of Casper, Section 5.38.020(C) exempts anyone selling at a city-manager-recognized craft fair, festival, bazaar or similar activity from the itinerant merchant and…

Casper places the duty to build, rebuild and keep sidewalks, curbwalks, curbs and gutters in good repair on the adjoining property owner, citing Wyoming Statute section 15-4-306, and…

Along the Yellowstone-Rancho Road corridor, Casper Municipal Code section 12.24.020 bars awnings, canopies, marquees or signs from extending over the right-of-way unless they clear the…

Casper Municipal Code § 12.24.030 bars property owners from letting debris, parked vehicles, boxes or merchandise block the sidewalk or the street half fronting their premises. The…

Casper requires an erosion and sediment control permit from the community development office before any construction activity disturbing one acre or more within city limits, backed by…

Casper Municipal Code Chapter 13.49 bans discharging anything but stormwater into the city's storm drain system or watercourses, and bars illicit connections such as sewage lines tied…

In the City of Casper, any development within a federally mapped special flood hazard area needs a development permit issued by the floodplain administrator. Casper Municipal Code…

In the City of Casper, new and substantially improved residential structures inside a mapped flood hazard area must have their lowest floor built at least one foot above the base flood…

Casper Municipal Code section 12.24.030 bars anyone controlling adjoining premises from letting rubbish, ice, or debris sit on the sidewalk, and separately bans parking vehicles or…

Casper's Municipal Code Section 9.48.010 bans camping on any public property in the city without permission from the entity that owns it, and limits private-property camping to seven…

Casper Municipal Code § 12.32.070 sets exact planting setbacks for trees and shrubs in the public right-of-way: two feet from any curb or sidewalk, ten feet from fireplugs or utility…

Casper Municipal Code § 12.32.160 bans planting cotton-bearing cottonwoods and tall willows near the North Platte River, female box elders anywhere, and any Wyoming-designated noxious…

Casper Municipal Code § 12.36.010 keeps city parks open to the public from six a.m. to twelve midnight every day of the year, barring unusual emergencies, with each park posting its…

Casper bars anyone under eighteen from being out in public or private places without a parent between midnight and 6 a.m. on Friday and Saturday nights, and 11 p.m. to 6 a.m. Sunday…

Casper water and sewer customers must repair any leak in their own water service line, fire suppression line, or private hydrant line within 48 hours of the city's verbal or written…

Casper Municipal Code § 8.32.025 gives the City of Casper exclusive control over residential trash collection, with narrow exceptions for the Riverwest and Paradise Valley…

Casper Municipal Code § 8.32.050 tells residents and businesses exactly where a trash container has to sit for pickup: on private property next to the alley, or at the curb where no…

Casper Municipal Code § 8.32.110 sets strict specs for branch collection: tree limbs and wood cut to no more than five feet, tied with rope, twine or tape, and under 50 pounds each…

Casper Municipal Code § 8.40.070 bans throwing, discarding or depositing litter of any kind on public or private property anywhere in the city except in lawfully provided containers…

The City of Casper holds exclusive control over residential trash pickup within city limits, with narrow exceptions for parts of Riverwest and Paradise Valley. Casper Municipal Code §…

Casper Municipal Code Section 8.32.050 requires commercial dumpsters and refuse containers to sit on private property next to the alley, or at the curb where a lot touches an alley, so…

Wyoming Statutes Title 35, Chapter 11, Article 5 establishes universal solid waste rules. Lead-acid batteries are banned from landfill disposal statewide and must be recycled…

In the City of Casper, the nine-member Historic Preservation Commission created under Casper Municipal Code Section 2.40.050 inventories cultural resources and recommends locally…

In the City of Casper, Section 5.38.020 requires anyone acting as an itinerant merchant or unsolicited door-to-door salesman to hold an annual city license and pay a council-set fee…

In the City of Casper, Section 5.38.050(B) makes it unlawful for an itinerant merchant or unsolicited salesman to enter upon any residential property which is posted with a prohibition…

Installing solar panels in Casper doesn't require joining any special program, but a property owner who wants a protected legal right to sunlight must file a solar permit with the…

Wyoming's Solar Rights Act (W.S. 34-22-101 through 34-22-106) makes solar access a property right against neighbors and local governments, but it does not void homeowners-association…

Casper requires every mobile food vendor to hold a food license from the Natrona County Health Department under Casper Municipal Code § 10.36.031(A), and vendors operating in the…

Casper Municipal Code § 10.36.031(C) restricts where mobile food vendors may set up under a Mobile Vendor Parking Permit: no parkway, handicapped, loading zone, or fire-lane parking…

Casper limits Mobile Vendor Parking Permits to the DOY, the combined Downtown and Old Yellowstone district, under Casper Municipal Code § 10.36.031(A)(3) and (B). Outside…

Casper's adopted 2024 International Residential Code strips out the model fire sprinkler rules entirely. City Code Section 15.02.120 deletes IRC Section R317.5, Fire Sprinklers, and…

Casper's building code folds carbon monoxide alarms into its unsafe-structures standard. Section 15.02.150(D) says fire-hazard safeguards in multi-family dwellings and rental units…

Casper bars anyone from using a new building until the building official signs off. Section 15.04.090 requires a Certificate of Occupancy before use or a change in occupancy…

Casper adopted the 2024 International Plumbing Code and requires a permit for nearly all plumbing work. Section 15.24.060 makes it unlawful for any person to install, alter, repair or…

Casper requires a building permit for virtually every structure. Section 15.02.040 blocks any permit on unplatted land until streets and alleys are dedicated and accepted by the city…

Casper adopted the NFPA 70-2023 National Electrical Code and requires a permit for nearly all wiring work. Section 15.28.050 requires anyone doing electrical wiring, fixture or…

Casper bars anyone from running a day-care facility without a current health license and a current state certificate. Chapter 8.12 layers on indoor and outdoor play-area standards…

Casper Municipal Code § 8.20.030(A) exempts noise of safety signals and warning devices, the category that covers vehicle alarms, from the city's general noise-level regulations, so an…

In the City of Casper, single-family homes in the R-1 Residential Estate district must sit back fifteen feet from the front property line with an alley, or eighteen feet without one…

In the City of Casper, buildings in the R-4 High Density Residential district are capped at four stories or forty feet, whichever is less. Casper Municipal Code section 17.40.040(D)…

In the City of Casper, land zoned AG Urban Agriculture is set aside for semi-rural, low-density use built around keeping livestock and poultry. Casper Municipal Code section 17.24.010…

Wyoming's Right to Farm and Ranch Act, Wyo. Stat. §§ 11-44-101 through 11-44-104, shields farm and ranch operations from nuisance suits when the operation existed before a change in…

Casper Municipal Code § 17.12.070(A)(14) requires every off-street parking lot's lighting to be designed and installed so illumination is directed away from abutting residential…

The City of Casper adopted formal design standards for its downtown and commercial streetscapes through Casper Municipal Code § 16.17.010, which incorporates the city's "Design…

Casper Municipal Code § 17.08.010 caps a residential garage sale at three consecutive days, and § 17.12.140(A) separately confirms that a sale run for three consecutive days, or…

Within the Old Yellowstone District and South Poplar Street Corridor, Casper Municipal Code Section 17.94.130 caps how much of a storefront window a sign can cover: no more than…

Casper doesn't require a sign permit for holiday displays. Section 17.96.020(A)(3) exempts temporary decorations or displays that are clearly incidental to, and customarily associated…

Digital billboards in Casper are legal but tightly regulated. Section 17.96.050(L) requires every digital off-premises advertising sign to display static images only, hold each image…

Casper caps political signs at thirty-two square feet and keeps them off the public right-of-way without the adjoining owner's permission. Section 17.96.070 also sets removal deadlines…

Wyoming has no legal framework for marijuana dispensaries. State law prohibits the sale, distribution, and commercial cultivation of cannabis, preventing any Wyoming city or county…

Wyoming criminalizes the cultivation, possession, and use of marijuana for both recreational and medical purposes. State drug laws preempt municipalities from authorizing personal home…

Wyoming has no statewide commercial drone license or registration. Its aeronautics code defines "unmanned aircraft" to exclude small drones under 55 pounds, leaving nearly all…

Wyoming law declares flying a drone over any land or water in the state lawful by default. It becomes illegal only if flown at an altitude that interferes with the owner's use, in a…

Wyoming sets a statewide minimum wage and preempts cities and counties from enacting higher local minimum wages, ensuring uniform pay floor rules across the state.

Wyoming allows permitless concealed carry for residents 21 and older and issues optional shall-issue permits recognized for reciprocity in many other states.

Wyoming law preempts cities, towns and counties from regulating firearms, ammunition, and accessories beyond what state statute provides, ensuring uniform gun rules statewide.

Wyoming's criminal gambling statute excludes bingo, pull tabs, raffles, and calcutta wagering from the definition of "gambling" only when run by a charitable or nonprofit organization…

Wyoming's gambling statute carves the family poker night and the office Super Bowl squares pool out of the crime entirely. Wyo. Stat. section 6-7-101(a)(iii)(E) excludes any game or…

Wyoming authorizes sports betting only through internet and mobile platforms licensed by the Wyoming Gaming Commission under Wyo. Stat. § 9-24-101 et seq. No retail sportsbooks exist…

Wyoming has no homeowners association act, so an incorporated HOA runs on the Wyoming Nonprofit Corporation Act, W.S. 17-19-101 through 17-19-1807. A member meeting must be held…

Wyoming has no homeowners association act and no statute that caps an association fine, requires a hearing before one, sets a cure period, or turns an unpaid fine into a lien. The…

Wyoming has no homeowners association act, no common interest ownership act and no statutory assessment lien. The only association statute touching real property is the four-section…

Wyoming's only general roadblock statute, W.S. 7-17-102, lets peace officers stop all traffic for one stated purpose: apprehending people reasonably believed to be wanted for violating…

Wyoming has no express right-to-record statute, and it does not need one to make recording a traffic stop lawful. W.S. 7-3-702(b)(iv) exempts anyone who is a party to a communication…

No Wyoming statute makes it an offence to refuse to give your name to a peace officer. Title 7 chapter 2 authorises arrests and nothing else, and the interference offence in W.S…

Wyoming has one statutory limit on consent at a traffic stop, and it is about your phone rather than your car. W.S. 31-7-116 says that display of a digital driver's license does not…

Wyoming evictions run under the forcible entry and detainer statutes. Under Wyo. Stat. § 1-21-1002 a landlord may proceed against a tenant holding over or after rent is unpaid for…

Wyo. Stat. §§ 1-21-1202 and 1-21-1203 require a Wyoming landlord to keep each rental unit safe, sanitary, and fit for human habitation, with operational electrical, heating, and…

Wyoming has no statute requiring a landlord to give advance notice before entering a rental unit. The Residential Rental Property Act instead bars the renter from unreasonably denying…

Wyoming sets no statutory limit on a residential security deposit. Under Wyo. Stat. § 1-21-1208, a landlord must return the balance plus a written itemization of deductions within 30…

Wyoming requires ten years of adverse possession to claim title to real property. Under Wyo. Stat. § 1-3-103, an action to recover title or possession of land must be brought within…

Wyoming law sets the minimum age to purchase or possess tobacco, vapor, and nicotine products at 21, mirroring federal Tobacco 21 enforcement requirements.

Wyoming allows extra lamps but fences them in four ways. W.S. 31-5-927 permits no more than four lamps on the front of a vehicle to be lighted at any one time on a highway, counting…

Wyoming does not publish a closed list of things you may stick to a windshield. W.S. 31-5-955(a) prohibits driving with any sign, poster or other material or substance upon, or crack…

Lane splitting and lane filtering are both illegal in Wyoming. W.S. 31-5-115(g) says no person shall operate a motorcycle between lanes of traffic or between adjacent lines or rows of…

Wyoming does not name plate covers, tinted shields or frames in its vehicle code, but two provisions between them reach every one of them. W.S. 31-2-205(a)(iv) requires a license plate…

A full-text search of all forty-five titles of the Wyoming Statutes returns no occurrence of radar, no speed measuring device provision and no detector prohibition of any kind. Wyoming…

Wyoming sets no calendar window for studded tires. W.S. 31-5-956(c) bans protuberances on a tire's periphery and then lists three exceptions, one of which is pneumatic tires with studs…

Wyoming sets a single 28% light transmission floor for every window on an enclosed vehicle registered or required to be registered here, front sides and rear alike, under W.S…