Cheyenne, WY Homelessness & Encampment Rules: Sit-Lie Rules (2026)
Key Facts
- Fine
- $50 misdemeanor fine per violation
- Where banned
- Sidewalks, streets, alleys, doorway entrances
- Enforcement
- Immediate removal from the premises
- Adopted
- Ord. No. 4606, December 23, 2024
- Mitigation
- Service engagement considered at sentencing
Summary
Cheyenne outright bans sleeping on any public sidewalk, street, alleyway, or doorway entrance, with violators facing a $50 misdemeanor fine and immediate removal from the premises under the city's camping-on-public-property chapter.
No person shall sleep on any public sidewalk, street or alleyway at any time as a matter of individual and public safety. No person may sleep in any pedestrian or vehicular entrance to public or private property abutting a public sidewalk. Any person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of fifty dollars ($50.00). Any person found in violation of this section may also be immediately removed from the premises.
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
Cheyenne City Code 8.68.025, adopted December 2024, makes it a misdemeanor to sleep on any public sidewalk, street, or alleyway, or in a pedestrian or vehicular entrance abutting a sidewalk. Violators face a $50 fine and can be removed from the location on the spot. The ordinance sits inside Chapter 8.68, Camping on Public Property, which separately bans unpermitted campsites on city land. Courts must weigh a defendant's documented efforts to engage homelessness services between citation and hearing when sentencing, but the underlying sleep prohibition itself carries no exception for lack of shelter space.
Violations & Fines
Sleeping on a public sidewalk, street, alleyway, or adjoining entrance is a misdemeanor: a $50 fine, on-the-spot removal, and a possible sentencing credit for engaging homeless services before the court hearing.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Does sleeping in a doorway count too?
Sources & Official References
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