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WY Stat § 15-7-701 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 15 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 7 - Public Improvements|Article 7 - Waterworks Franchises|Section 15-7-701 - Authority to Construct; Rights of Operator; Limitations; Applicability.

15-7-701. Authority to construct; rights of operator; limitations; applicability.| (a) The governing body of any city or town may grant the right to construct, maintain and operate a system of waterworks within the corporate limits of the city or town to any corporation organized under the laws of Wyoming for that purpose. Subject to the supervision and control of the governing body, the corporation acquiring a right or franchise to construct waterworks may use the streets and alleys within the corporate limits to put down and operate all pipes, hydrants and other appliances necessary to the complete operation of the works.  (b) However, the governing body shall not grant a franchise:  (i) Repealed By Laws 2007, Ch. 176, § 1.  (ii) For more than twenty (20) years at any one time.  (c) Repealed By Laws 2007, Ch. 176. § 1.  (d) Nothing in this article shall be construed to restrict, prohibit or otherwise affect the rights of the University of Wyoming under W.S. 21-17-126.
WY Stat § 15-7-702 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 15 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 7 - Public Improvements|Article 7 - Waterworks Franchises|Section 15-7-702 - Supplying Water; Contract; Time Limitation.

15-7-702. Supplying water; contract; time limitation.| The governing body may enter into a contract with the corporation to supply the city or town with water for protection from fire, the sprinkling of streets and for other purposes necessary to the health and safety of the city or town. The contract shall not be for more than ten (10) years at any one time and as agreed upon by the parties.
WY Stat § 15-7-703 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 15 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 7 - Public Improvements|Article 7 - Waterworks Franchises|Section 15-7-703 - Supplying Water; Charges; Revision; Time Period; Collection.

15-7-703. Supplying water; charges; revision; time period; collection.| The corporation receiving the franchise to construct and maintain waterworks shall establish a schedule of prices to be charged for the use of water by consumers. The governing body shall revise or amend the schedule, if necessary, so that the charges are not unreasonable or oppressive. In establishing the water rates the governing body shall take into consideration the cost of construction of the water plant and adjust the rates to be charged upon a basis equitable to all parties. The schedule of prices agreed upon by the governing body are the prices that the corporation may charge and receive for the use of water within the corporate limits. The schedule of prices when fixed is not subject to revision more often than once every two (2) years without the permission of the corporation. The governing body has full authority to collect all water rents and charges due from consumers.
WY Stat § 15-7-704 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 15 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 7 - Public Improvements|Article 7 - Waterworks Franchises|Section 15-7-704 - Extension of System and Jurisdiction.

15-7-704. Extension of system and jurisdiction.| The corporation constructing the waterworks may extend it beyond the corporate limits of the city or town. For the purpose of maintaining and protecting the system from injury and the water from pollution, the jurisdiction of the city or town extends over the entire territory occupied by the works.
WY Stat § 15-7-705 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 15 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 7 - Public Improvements|Article 7 - Waterworks Franchises|Section 15-7-705 - Right to Purchase.

15-7-705. Right to purchase.| The franchise granting the privilege to any corporation to construct and maintain waterworks, shall contain the express condition that the city or town has the right to purchase the waterworks and the franchise with all appurtenances, within twenty (20) years from the date of the franchise, upon reasonable terms agreed upon by the contracting parties.
WY Stat § 15-7-706 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 15 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 7 - Public Improvements|Article 7 - Waterworks Franchises|Section 15-7-706 - Right to Appropriate and Condemn.

15-7-706. Right to appropriate and condemn.| The corporation to which the right or franchise is granted may acquire by appropriation all surplus water in any stream, purchase prior water rights and hold and use the water so acquired for the purposes of the corporation. It may also obtain the right-of-way and lands necessary for reservoirs for the water system. The laws of Wyoming relative to condemnation apply as if they were set forth in this article.
WY Stat § 15-7-707 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 15 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 7 - Public Improvements|Article 7 - Waterworks Franchises|Section 15-7-707 - Ordinances Authorized; Rights Preserved.

15-7-707. Ordinances authorized; rights preserved.| (a) The governing body may pass all ordinances necessary to carry out the provisions of this article.  (b) The powers conferred upon a city or town by this article do not deprive them of any rights or powers conferred upon them by other laws.
WY Stat § 15-7-708 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 15 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 7 - Public Improvements|Article 7 - Waterworks Franchises|Section 15-7-708 - Existing Franchises Validated.

15-7-708. Existing franchises validated.| All franchises previously granted by the governing body of any city or town for supplying water are valid.
WY Stat § 15-9-101 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 15 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 9 - Urban Renewal|Article 1 - Urban Development|Section 15-9-101 - Short Title.

15-9-101. Short title.| This chapter may be cited as the "Wyoming Urban Renewal Code."
WY Stat § 15-9-102 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 15 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 9 - Urban Renewal|Article 1 - Urban Development|Section 15-9-102 - Legislative Findings.

15-9-102. Legislative findings.| (a) It is hereby found and declared that there exists in municipalities of the state slum and blighted areas (as herein defined) which constitute a serious and growing menace, injurious to the public health, safety, morals and welfare of the residents of the state; that the existence of such areas contributes substantially and increasingly to the spread of disease and crime, constitutes an economic and social liability imposing onerous municipal burdens which decrease the tax base and reduce tax revenues, substantially impairs or arrests the sound growth of municipalities, retards the provision of housing accommodations, aggravates traffic problems and substantially impairs or arrests the elimination of traffic hazards and the improvement of traffic facilities; and that the prevention and elimination of slums and blight is a matter of state policy and state concern.  (b) It is further found and declared that certain slum or blighted areas, or portions thereof, may require acquisition, clearance, and disposition subject to use restrictions, as provided in this act, since the prevailing conditions of decay may make impracticable the reclamation of the area by conservation or rehabilitation; that other areas or portions thereof may, through the means provided in this act, be susceptible to conservation or rehabilitation in such a manner that the conditions and evils hereinbefore enumerated may be eliminated, remedied or prevented; and that salvageable slum and blighted areas can be conserved and rehabilitated through appropriate public action as herein authorized, and the cooperation and voluntary action of the owners and tenants of property in such areas.  (c) It is further found and declared that the powers conferred by this act are for public uses and purposes for which public money may be expended and the power of eminent domain and police power exercised; and that the necessity in the public interest for the provisions herein enacted is hereby declared as a matter of legislative determination.
WY Stat § 15-9-104 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 15 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 9 - Urban Renewal|Article 1 - Urban Development|Section 15-9-104 - Private Enterprise to Be Preferred; When Considered.

15-9-104. Private enterprise to be preferred; when considered.| (a) A municipality, to the greatest extent it determines to be feasible in carrying out the provisions of this chapter and consistent with its needs, shall afford maximum opportunity to the rehabilitation or redevelopment of the urban renewal area by private enterprise. A municipality shall give consideration to this objective in exercising its powers under this chapter, including the:  (i) Formulation of a workable program;  (ii) Approval of communitywide plans or programs for urban renewal and general neighborhood renewal plans (consistent with the general plan of the municipality);  (iii) Exercising of its zoning powers;  (iv) Enforcement of other laws, codes and regulations relating to the use of land and the use and occupancy of buildings and improvements;  (v) Disposition of any property acquired; and  (vi) Provision of necessary public improvements.
WY Stat § 15-9-105 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 15 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 9 - Urban Renewal|Article 1 - Urban Development|Section 15-9-105 - Workable Program; Formulation; Objectives and Provisions Thereof.

15-9-105. Workable program; formulation; objectives and provisions thereof.| (a) For the purposes of this chapter a municipality may formulate for itself a workable program for utilizing appropriate private and public resources to:  (i) Eliminate and prevent the development or spread of slums and urban blight;  (ii) Encourage needed urban rehabilitation;  (iii) Provide for the redevelopment of slum and blighted areas; or  (iv) Undertake any of those activities or other feasible municipal activities as may be suitably employed to achieve the objectives of a workable program.  (b) A workable program may include provisions for the:  (i) Prevention of the spread of blight through diligent enforcement of housing, zoning and occupancy controls and standards;  (ii) Rehabilitation or conservation of slum and blighted areas or portions thereof by:  (A) Replanning;  (B) Removing congestion;  (C) Providing parks, playgrounds and other public improvements;  (D) Encouraging voluntary rehabilitation; and  (E) Compelling the repair and rehabilitation of deteriorated or deteriorating structures.  (iii) Clearance and redevelopment of slum and blighted areas or portions thereof.
WY Stat § 15-9-106 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 15 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 9 - Urban Renewal|Article 1 - Urban Development|Section 15-9-106 - Initiative Resolution; How Adopted; Findings.

15-9-106. Initiative resolution; how adopted; findings.| (a) No municipality shall exercise the authority conferred upon municipalities by this chapter until the local governing body, on its own motion or by virtue of a petition signed by twenty-five (25) or more electors of the municipality, has adopted a resolution finding that:  (i) One (1) or more slum or blighted areas exist in the municipality; and  (ii) The rehabilitation, conservation, redevelopment or a combination thereof of the area or areas is necessary in the interest of the public health, safety, morals or welfare of the residents of the municipality.
WY Stat § 15-9-107 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 15 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 9 - Urban Renewal|Article 1 - Urban Development|Section 15-9-107 - Preliminary Requirements for Projects; Generally.

15-9-107. Preliminary requirements for projects; generally.| An urban renewal project for an urban renewal area shall not be planned or initiated unless the governing body, by resolution, has determined the area to be a slum area or a blighted area or a combination thereof and designated it as appropriate for an urban renewal project. A municipality shall not acquire real property for any urban renewal project unless the local governing body has approved the urban renewal project in accordance with W.S. 15-9-110.
WY Stat § 15-9-108 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 15 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 9 - Urban Renewal|Article 1 - Urban Development|Section 15-9-108 - Preliminary Requirements for Projects; Preparation of Plan; Review by Commission.

15-9-108. Preliminary requirements for projects; preparation of plan; review by commission.| A municipality may prepare an urban renewal plan or have one prepared by the urban renewal agency established in W.S. 15-9-134. Any person or agency may also submit an urban renewal plan to a municipality. Prior to approving an urban renewal project, the local governing body shall submit the urban renewal plan to the planning commission of the municipality, if any, for review and recommendations as to its conformity with the general plan for the development of the entire municipality. The planning commission shall submit its written recommendations with respect to the proposed urban plan to the local governing body within thirty (30) days after receipt of the plan for review. Upon receipt of the planning commission recommendations, or if no recommendations are received within thirty (30) days, the local governing body may proceed with the hearing on the proposed urban renewal project in accordance with the provisions of W.S. 15-9-109.
WY Stat § 15-9-109 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 15 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 9 - Urban Renewal|Article 1 - Urban Development|Section 15-9-109 - Preliminary Requirements for Projects; Hearing; Publication and Contents of Notice.

15-9-109. Preliminary requirements for projects; hearing; publication and contents of notice.| (a) The local governing body, under rules or procedures it determines, shall hold a public hearing on any urban renewal project.  (b) A notice of the hearing shall be published in a newspaper having a general circulation in the area of operation of the municipality for two (2) successive weeks, with the last publication thereof to be at least five (5) days prior to the hearing. The notice shall:  (i) Describe the time, date, place and purpose of the hearing;  (ii) Generally identify the urban renewal area covered by the plan; and  (iii) Outline the general scope of the urban renewal project under consideration.
WY Stat § 15-9-110 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 15 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 9 - Urban Renewal|Article 1 - Urban Development|Section 15-9-110 - Preliminary Requirements for Projects; Approval by and Findings of Governing Body.

15-9-110. Preliminary requirements for projects; approval by and findings of governing body.| (a) Following the hearing specified in W.S. 15-9-109, the local governing body may approve an urban renewal project and the plan therefor if it finds that:  (i) A feasible method exists for the relocation of families who will be displaced from the urban renewal area in decent, safe and sanitary dwelling accommodations within their means and without undue hardship to those families;  (ii) The urban renewal plan conforms to the general plan of the municipality as a whole;  (iii) The urban renewal plan gives due consideration to the provision of adequate park and recreational areas and facilities that may be desirable for neighborhood improvement, with special consideration for the health, safety and welfare of children residing in the general vicinity of the site covered by the plan;  (iv) The urban renewal plan affords maximum opportunity, consistent with the municipality's needs, for the rehabilitation or redevelopment of the urban renewal area by private enterprise.  (b) If the urban renewal area consists of an area of open land to be acquired by the municipality, the area shall not be so acquired unless:  (i) If it is to be developed for residential uses, the local governing body shall determine that:  (A) A shortage of housing of sound standards and design which is decent, safe and sanitary exists in the municipality;  (B) The need for housing accommodations has been or will be increased as a result of the clearance of slums in other areas;  (C) The conditions of blight in the area and the shortage of decent, safe and sanitary housing cause or contribute to an increase in and spread of disease and crime and constitute a menace to the public health, safety, morals or welfare; and  (D) The acquisition of the area for residential uses is an integral part of and essential to the program of the municipality;  (ii) If it is to be developed for nonresidential uses, the local governing body shall determine that the:  (A) Nonresidential uses are necessary and appropriate to facilitate the proper growth and development of the community in accordance with sound planning standards and local community objectives;  (B) Acquisition may require the exercise of governmental action as provided in this chapter, because of:  (I) Defective or unusual conditions of title;  (II) Diversity of ownership;  (III) Tax delinquency;  (IV) Improper subdivisions;  (V) Outmoded street patterns;  (VI) Deterioration of site;  (VII) Economic disuse;  (VIII) Unsuitable topography or faulty lot layouts;  (IX) Need for the correlation of the area with other areas of a municipality by streets and modern traffic requirements; or  (X) Any combination of factors specified in this subparagraph or other conditions which retard development of the area.
WY Stat § 15-9-111 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 15 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 9 - Urban Renewal|Article 1 - Urban Development|Section 15-9-111 - When Plan Modifiable and Effective.

15-9-111. When plan modifiable and effective.| (a) An urban renewal plan may be modified at any time. If a plan is modified after the lease or sale by the municipality of real property in the urban renewal project area, the modification may be conditioned upon the approval of the owner, lessee or successor in interest as the municipality deems advisable. The modification is subject to any rights at law or in equity as a lessee or purchaser, or his successor or successors in interest, are entitled to assert.  (b) Upon the approval by a municipality of an urban renewal plan or of any modification thereof, the plan or modification is deemed to be in full force and effect, and the municipality may then cause the plan or modification to be carried out in accordance with its terms.
WY Stat § 15-9-112 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 15 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 9 - Urban Renewal|Article 1 - Urban Development|Section 15-9-112 - Provisions Not Applicable for Disaster Area.

15-9-112. Provisions not applicable for disaster area.| Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, if a local governing body certifies that an area is in need of redevelopment or rehabilitation as a result of a flood, fire, tornado, earthquake, storm or other catastrophe for which the governor of the state has certified the need for disaster assistance under 42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq., or other federal law, the local governing body may approve an urban renewal plan and an urban renewal project for that area without regard to the provisions of W.S. 15-9-109 and the provisions of this act requiring a general plan for the municipality and a public hearing on the urban renewal project.
WY Stat § 15-9-114 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 15 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 9 - Urban Renewal|Article 1 - Urban Development|Section 15-9-114 - Condemnation.

15-9-114. Condemnation.| (a) A municipality has the right to acquire by condemnation any interest in real property, including a fee simple title thereto, which it deems necessary for or in connection with an urban renewal project under this chapter. A municipality may exercise the power of eminent domain in the manner now provided or which may be hereafter provided by any other statutory provisions. Property already devoted to a public use may be acquired in like manner, provided that no real property belonging to the United States, the state or any political subdivision thereof, may be acquired without its consent.  (b) In any proceeding to fix compensation for damages for the taking or damaging of property, or any interest therein, through the exercise of the power of eminent domain or condemnation, evidence or testimony bearing upon the following matters is admissible and shall be considered, in addition to evidence or testimony otherwise admissible, in fixing the compensation for damages:  (i) Any use, condition, occupancy or operation of the property, which is unlawful or violative of or subject to elimination, abatement, prohibition or correction under any law or any ordinance or regulatory measure of the state, county, municipality, other political subdivisions or any agency thereof, in which the property is located, as being unsafe, substandard, unsanitary or otherwise contrary to the public health, safety or welfare;  (ii) The effect on the value of the property of any such use, condition, occupancy or operation, or of the elimination, abatement, prohibition or correction of any such use, condition, occupancy or operation.  (c) The testimony or evidence specified in subsection (b) of this section is admissible notwithstanding that no action has been taken by any public body or public office toward the abatement, prohibition, elimination or correction of any such use, condition, occupancy or operation. Testimony or evidence that any public body or public office charged with the duty or authority so to do has rendered, made or issued any judgment, decree, determination or order for the abatement, prohibition, elimination or correction of any such use, condition, occupancy or operation is admissible and is prima facie evidence of the existence and character of that use, condition or operation.
WY Stat § 15-9-116 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 15 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 9 - Urban Renewal|Article 1 - Urban Development|Section 15-9-116 - Property Acquired in Project; Disposition to Private Persons; Procedure; Notice; Proposals; Contracts.

15-9-116. Property acquired in project; disposition to private persons; procedure; notice; proposals; contracts.| (a) A municipality may:  (i) Dispose of real property in an urban renewal area to private persons only under reasonable procedures it prescribes or as are provided in this section;  (ii) By notice published once each week for four (4) consecutive weeks in a newspaper having a general circulation in the community, prior to the execution of any contract to sell, lease or otherwise transfer real property and prior to the delivery of any instrument of conveyance with respect thereto under the provisions of this section, invite proposals from and make available all pertinent information to private redevelopers or any persons interested in undertaking to redevelop or rehabilitate an urban renewal area or any part thereof. The notice shall:  (A) Identify the area or portion thereof;  (B) State that:  (I) Proposals shall be made by those interested within thirty (30) days after the last day of publication of the notice; and  (II) Information as is available may be obtained at the office designated in the notice.  (b) The municipality shall consider all redevelopment or rehabilitation proposals and the financial and legal ability of the persons making the proposals to carry them out. The municipality may accept any proposals it deems to be in the public interest and in furtherance of the purposes of this chapter. A notification of intention to accept a proposal shall be filed with the governing body not less than thirty (30) days prior to acceptance. Thereafter the municipality may execute a contract and deliver deeds, leases and other instruments and take all steps necessary to effectuate a contract in accordance with the provisions of W.S. 15-9-115.