Cheyenne, WY Right to Farm: Agricultural Zoning Protection (2026)

The AG District is intended for agriculture uses or other use of lands in a natural state. Agriculture-related residential uses and agriculture-related businesses are included provided they support the primary use of the land for farming, ranching, or agriculture uses. All uses require little or no public infrastructure in the short term, or rural level standards in the interim or long term. The regulations are designed to protect agriculture uses in the City and the open rural character of the districts by prohibiting the establishment of scattered business, industrial, and other uses that are unrelated to the predominantly agricultural character or any general plan of development and that might inhibit the best future urban utilization of the land.

b. Applicability. The AG District is applicable to any areas where significant natural lands or open spaces are to be protected, and specifically the Agriculture/Rural or Rural Residential Category in the Cheyenne Comprehensive Plan.

c. Context. The Agriculture District is also applicable as an interim or holding zone for areas that may be further developed, re-subdivided and reclassified in the long term, but where minimal development activity in the interim is acceptable and will not prematurely establish a development pattern through infrastructure investments, street networks, or smaller lot patterns. Less connected street networks and rural street cross sections are appropriate to support lots in this district.