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2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 15 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 7 - Public Improvements › Article 5 - Sewerage Systems › Section 15-7-503 - Ordinance for Construction; Required and Authorized Provisions; Existing Bonds Validated.

15-7-503. Ordinance for construction; required and authorized provisions; existing bonds validated.
(a) If the governing body determines to construct, reconstruct, acquire, improve or extend a sewerage system and to issue bonds under the provisions of this article to pay the costs, it shall adopt an ordinance generally describing the contemplated project and refer to its plans and specifications which are open for public inspection. The ordinance shall:
(i) Set out the estimated cost of the project;
(ii) Determine the period of its usefulness;
(iii) Fix the:
(A) Amount of revenue bonds proposed to be issued;
(B) Maturity or maturities;
(C) Interest rate; and
(D) Other details in connection with the bonds.
(iv) Pledge the revenues derived from the operation of the sewerage system to:
(A) Pay the cost of operation and maintenance of the system;
(B) Provide an adequate depreciation fund; and
(C) Pay the principal and interest of the bonds.
(b) The ordinance may:
(i) Provide that the bonds, or those specified, to the extent and in the manner prescribed, shall be subordinated to any other bonds payable from the revenues of the sewerage system as are specified in the ordinance;
(ii) Contain any covenants and restrictions upon the issuance of additional revenue bonds, which share equally from the revenues of the system, as may be necessary or advisable to assure the payment of the bonds authorized;
(iii) Provide that the revenue bonds or any part thereof may be sold to the state of Wyoming or the United States of America or any agency or instrumentality thereof at a private sale, without advertisement, for not less than par and accrued interest;
(iv) Provide that the bonds are redeemable with or without premium at the time or place the governing body provides;
(v) Provide that the governing body may discontinue the water supply of any person for nonpayment of the sewer service charge.
(c) All revenue bonds issued pursuant to this article, which are outstanding on the effective date of this act, the right to the payment of which has not been barred by any pertinent statute of limitations, and all acts and proceedings heretofore had or taken, or purportedly had or taken by or on behalf of any city or town under law or under color of law preliminary to and in the authorization, execution, sale, issuance and payment (or any combination thereof) of those revenue bonds, are validated, including but not necessarily limited to the terms, provisions, conditions and covenants of any resolution or ordinance appertaining thereto. Those outstanding revenue bonds are binding and enforceable obligations of the city or town issuing them in accordance with their terms and their authorizing proceedings.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 15 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 7 - Public Improvements › Article 5 - Sewerage Systems › Section 15-7-504 - Refunding Revenue Bonds; Purpose; Required Procedure; Exceptions Thereto.

15-7-504. Refunding revenue bonds; purpose; required procedure; exceptions thereto.
(a) Any city or town may issue refunding revenue bonds:
(i) To refund and discharge or extend or shorten the maturities of all or any part of the outstanding bonds of any one (1) or more issues, including any interest thereon in arrears or about to become due;
(ii) For the purpose of reducing interest costs or effecting other economies; or
(iii) For the purpose of modifying or eliminating restrictive contractual limitations as pertained to the issues of additional bonds, otherwise concerning the outstanding bonds or to any facilities as pertained thereto.
(b) Any refunding specified in subsection (a) of this section shall be accomplished in the manner prescribed by W.S. 16-5-102 through 16-5-119, as from time to time amended, except that refunding revenue bonds so authorized do not constitute a debt of the city or town within the meaning of any constitutional or statutory limitation, nor shall any tax be levied or other revenue be pledged for the payment thereof, except for the special funds authorized under this article.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 15 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 7 - Public Improvements › Article 5 - Sewerage Systems › Section 15-7-506 - Bonds Payable From Revenues and Not Considered Indebtedness.

15-7-506. Bonds payable from revenues and not considered indebtedness.
All bonds issued under the provisions of this article are payable solely from the revenues derived from the operation of the sewerage system and do not constitute an indebtedness of the city or town within the meaning of any constitutional or statutory provision. The face of each bond shall state that it has been issued under the provisions of this article, and that it does not constitute an indebtedness of the city or town within any constitutional or statutory limitation.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 15 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 7 - Public Improvements › Article 5 - Sewerage Systems › Section 15-7-507 - Revenues; Deposit in Fund; Uses Thereof.

15-7-507. Revenues; deposit in fund; uses thereof.
(a) All revenues derived from the operation of the sewerage system shall be set aside as collected and deposited in a special fund to be used only for:
(i) Paying the cost of operating and maintaining the system;
(ii) Providing an adequate depreciation fund; and
(iii) Paying the principal and interest on the bonds issued under this article.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 15 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 7 - Public Improvements › Article 5 - Sewerage Systems › Section 15-7-508 - Rates; General; Amounts; Special.

15-7-508. Rates; general; amounts; special.
(a) Any city or town borrowing money or receiving grants and improving, constructing or acquiring and improving a sewerage system, shall collect a charge from the users of the system at a rate sufficient to:
(i) Pay the cost of operating and maintaining the system;
(ii) Provide an adequate depreciation fund;
(iii) Pay the principal and interest on the bonds issued; and
(iv) Repay grants.
(b) Any city or town owning and operating a sewerage system constructed or acquired under the provisions of any law may provide by ordinance that the users of the system pay a service rate sufficient to pay the cost of operating and maintaining the system and to provide an adequate depreciation fund.
(c) Any city or town may fix special rates as provided in W.S. 15-7-407.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 15 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 7 - Public Improvements › Article 5 - Sewerage Systems › Section 15-7-509 - Change of Rates; Recovery of Unpaid Charges; Accounts.

15-7-509. Change of rates; recovery of unpaid charges; accounts.
(a) The charges for the use of the sewerage system may be changed from time to time and except as otherwise provided in W.S. 15-7-407 shall be fixed at a rate which equitably distributes the cost of service among the users. If any service charge is not paid within thirty (30) days after it is due, the amount thereof, together with a penalty of ten percent (10%), and a reasonable attorney's fee, may be recovered in a civil action by the city or town.
(b) Any city or town issuing bonds under this article shall maintain a proper system of accounts showing the amount of revenue received from the sewerage system and its application. At least once each year the accounts shall be properly audited and a report of the audit shall be open for inspection at all proper times to any taxpayer, sewerage system user or any holder of any bond issued under this article, or their respective representatives.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 15 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 7 - Public Improvements › Article 5 - Sewerage Systems › Section 15-7-510 - Compelling Officials to Perform Duties.

15-7-510. Compelling officials to perform duties.
The holder of any bond issued under this article, or of any coupon representing interest accrued thereon, by proper suit, may compel the officials of the city or town to perform all duties imposed upon them by this article.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 15 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 7 - Public Improvements › Article 5 - Sewerage Systems › Section 15-7-511 - Issuance of Revenue Bonds.

15-7-511. Issuance of revenue bonds.
Revenue bonds under this article shall be issued in accordance with the requirements of W.S. 15-7-102 insofar as it refers to submitting the proposition to a vote of the people and when not in conflict with the provisions of this article.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 15 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 7 - Public Improvements › Article 5 - Sewerage Systems › Section 15-7-512 - Special Assessments; Purposes; Property Included; Amount; Unplatted Areas; Nonpayment.

15-7-512. Special assessments; purposes; property included; amount; unplatted areas; nonpayment.
(a) Any city or town may make special assessments for the construction of sewers and water mains. The assessments shall be made on all lots and pieces of ground to the center of the block, or if the sewers or water mains are constructed in an alley, then on all lots and pieces of ground to the nearest street or avenue on each side of the alley, extending along the street, avenue or alley, the distance of the improvement, according to the area of the lots or pieces of ground without regard to the buildings or improvements. The amount to be paid by each property holder shall be determined by dividing the expenses of the construction of the proposed sewer or water main among all the property holders for the benefit of whose property the sewer or water main is to be constructed. In the case of unplatted acreage within the city limits, the city or town shall consider that only the first seventy-five (75) feet in each direction from the sewer or water main is benefited and so assessed. However, if any property in an unplatted area is later connected to or receives service from the sewer or water main, that property shall be assessed its proportionate share. The amount to be assessed against each property holder shall be in proportion to the number of square feet each owns to the entire number of square feet assessed for the expense of the construction.
(b) The city or town may adopt ordinances providing for the manner of sale, redemption and conveyance of lands sold for nonpayment of the special assessments.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 15 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 7 - Public Improvements › Article 5 - Sewerage Systems › Section 15-7-516 - Conditions on the Connection of Municipal Sewer Service.

15-7-516. Conditions on the connection of municipal sewer service.
(a) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, no city or town shall condition the connection of a municipal sewer system to a property on the inclusion of any deed restriction for that property or any other property that requires the development or provision of affordable housing. Nothing herein shall contravene the discretion of cities and towns to deny connection to the municipal sewerage system.
(b) As used in this section, "affordable housing" means residential housing that is rented to or owned by a person who qualifies as a low income or moderate income household, however defined.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 15 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 7 - Public Improvements › Article 6 - Agreements to Furnish Water › Section 15-7-601 - Extension of System; Within Corporate Limits.

15-7-601. Extension of system; within corporate limits.
Any city or town owning its municipal water system or plant may enter into agreements with the owners of lands who desire to have the water system extended to their property within the corporate limits of the city or town. The land owners shall agree to pay to the city or town a stipulated amount, in installments as may be agreed upon, for a period not to exceed ten (10) years, regardless of the use or nonuse of water during the period, and to making the charges a lien upon their respective lands. When the agreement has been filed with the city or town clerk, the charges become a lien upon the lands. Any city or town, by ordinance, may prescribe the rules and regulations governing the agreements and provide for the enforcement of the lien.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 15 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 7 - Public Improvements › Article 6 - Agreements to Furnish Water › Section 15-7-603 - Supplying Federal Government Authorized; Existing Contracts Confirmed.

15-7-603. Supplying federal government authorized; existing contracts confirmed.
(a) Any city or town may enter into and fully perform contracts with the United States government, or any department or representative thereof, or road construction contractor working under a contract with the state transportation commission or with public utility corporations to supply water for their use and needs at any place within the corporate limits of the city or town, or adjacent thereto.
(b) Any contracts entered into by any city or town and the United States government, or any department or representative thereof, or any public utility corporation doing business within the corporate limits or adjacent thereto, are confirmed and are valid and binding contracts, any other law or act to the contrary notwithstanding.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 15 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 7 - Public Improvements › Article 6 - Agreements to Furnish Water › Section 15-7-604 - Supplying Railroads Authorized; Ratification of Existing Contracts.

15-7-604. Supplying railroads authorized; ratification of existing contracts.
(a) Any city or town may contract to furnish water at and adjacent to the city or town, for a term of years as agreed upon, to:
(i) Any railroad company for use in its shops, locomotives and for any other railroad purposes;
(ii) Any subsidiary or affiliate of any such railroad company whose principal business at or adjacent to the city or town is the furnishing of material or service, or both, to the railroad company;
(iii) Any industrial user of water whose principal needs for water, at or adjacent to the city or town, are defined as preferred uses of water after the industry or industries has established its own priority.
(b) Any city or town, upon terms and for consideration it considers adequate, may ratify any contract which it has made with regard to supplying water to any railroad for the uses and purposes stated in this section.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 15 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 7 - Public Improvements › Article 6 - Agreements to Furnish Water › Section 15-7-606 - Use of Surplus Water Funds.

15-7-606. Use of surplus water funds.
Any city or town shall use any surplus funds arising from the sale of water services for the redemption and cancellation of bonds, if any, issued to pay the purchase price of the water or the cost of the construction, extension and enlargement of the system. The city or town shall not redeem any bonds at any sum greater than par, plus a premium of not to exceed fifty percent (50%) of the face value on all unearned interest coupons attached to any bond purchased, nor pay more than the actual market price of the bonds at the time the bonds are redeemed. Any surplus funds after the redemption of bonds, may be paid from the water enterprise account into the general fund of the city or town. Provided however, sufficient funds, as determined by the governing body, shall be maintained in the water enterprise account to cover debt services, operating costs and reasonable reserves for depreciation of the system and anticipated acquisition of water resources.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 15 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 8 - Funding and Refunding Bonds › Section 15-8-101 - When Authorized; Conditions; Signatures; Sale; Amount Required.

15-8-101. When authorized; conditions; signatures; sale; amount required.
(a) If any city or town creates any indebtedness not in excess of the taxes for the current year to pay expenses incurred in repairing or restoring improvements made necessary by any casualty or accident happening after the annual appropriation is made, or if any judgment is rendered against any city or town, or if any city or town has outstanding any other lawful indebtedness, the governing body may pay, redeem, fund or refund that judgment or indebtedness by issuing the negotiable coupon bonds of the city or town if it can be done at a lower rate of interest, or to the profit and benefit of the city or town.
(b) The bonds shall:
(i) Be in denominations as fixed by ordinance;
(ii) Be numbered from one (1) upward;
(iii) Be payable within thirty (30) years from the date of issue;
(iv) Bear interest at a rate designated by the governing body; and
(v) Be payable semiannually at the office of the city or town treasurer, or at any other place designated by the governing body.
(c) The bonds may become due serially or be redeemable as specified in the ordinance. They shall be signed by the mayor and countersigned by the clerk and the treasurer of the city or town and may be sold and disposed of in an amount sufficient for the purpose for which they were issued, as determined by the governing body. No bonds may be sold for less than their par value.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 15 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 8 - Funding and Refunding Bonds › Section 15-8-102 - Register; Contents; Cancellation.

15-8-102. Register; contents; cancellation.
(a) The bonds shall be registered by the city or town treasurer in a book kept for that purpose. The register shall show:
(i) The date of issue;
(ii) The number;
(iii) The amount;
(iv) To whom the bonds were issued; and
(v) The date of redemption and payment.
(b) The treasurer shall cause the word "paid" to be cut in the bond and coupon when they are paid.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 15 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 8 - Funding and Refunding Bonds › Section 15-8-103 - Tax for Interest and Redemption.

15-8-103. Tax for interest and redemption.
A tax shall be levied and collected annually on all the taxable property within the city or town sufficient to pay the interest on the bonds and redeem them as they become due. The tax shall be levied and collected the same as other taxes of the city or town.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 15 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 8 - Funding and Refunding Bonds › Section 15-8-104 - Order of Redemption.

15-8-104. Order of redemption.
If serial bonds are issued the city or town shall redeem them as they become due. If redeemable bonds are issued the city or town, during the last half of the term the bonds have to run, shall redeem annually a portion of the principal equal to a sum produced by taking the whole amount of bonds outstanding and dividing it by the number of years the bonds then have to run.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 15 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 8 - Funding and Refunding Bonds › Section 15-8-105 - Sale or Exchange; Consideration Acceptable; Proceeds; Redemption Notice.

15-8-105. Sale or exchange; consideration acceptable; proceeds; redemption notice.
The bonds shall be sold for cash, or may be sold or exchanged for any other city or town indebtedness for the redemption of which they were issued, but no bonds may be sold or exchanged for less than their par value and the accrued interest at the time of disposal. No city or town indebtedness may be redeemed for more than its face value and the interest due. If part of the bonds are sold for money, the proceeds shall be applied exclusively toward the redemption of the indebtedness for which the bonds were issued. The treasurer of the city or town shall give notice of his readiness to redeem the indebtedness and that the interest on it shall cease after thirty (30) days from the date of the notice.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 15 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 9 - Urban Renewal › Article 1 - Urban Development › Section 15-9-117 - Property Acquired in Project; Temporary Operation and Maintenance.

15-9-117. Property acquired in project; temporary operation and maintenance.
A municipality may temporarily operate and maintain real property acquired by it in an urban renewal area for or in connection with an urban renewal project pending the disposition of the property as authorized in this chapter, without regard to the provisions of W.S. 15-9-115, for any uses and purposes it deems desirable even though not in conformity with the urban renewal plan.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 15 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 9 - Urban Renewal › Article 1 - Urban Development › Section 15-9-118 - Property Acquired in Project; Disposition When Area Designated Under Federal Provisions.

15-9-118. Property acquired in project; disposition when area designated under federal provisions.
Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, if the municipality is situated in an area designated as a redevelopment area under the Federal Area Redevelopment Act 42 U.S.C. 3161 et seq., land in an urban renewal project area designated under the urban renewal plan for industrial or commercial uses may be disposed of to any public body or nonprofit corporation for subsequent disposition as promptly as practicable by the public body or corporation for redevelopment in accordance with the urban renewal plan. Only the purchaser from or lessee of the public body or corporation, and their assignees, are required to assume the obligation of beginning the building of improvements within a reasonable time. Any disposition of land to a public body or corporation under this section shall be made at its fair value for uses in accordance with the urban renewal plan.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 15 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 9 - Urban Renewal › Article 1 - Urban Development › Section 15-9-119 - Bonds Authorized; Payment Thereof; Security.

15-9-119. Bonds authorized; payment thereof; security.
(a) A municipality is empowered to issue:
(i) Revenue bonds to finance the undertaking of any urban renewal project under this chapter, including, without limiting the generality thereof, the payment of principal and interest upon any advances for surveys and plans or preliminary loans; and
(ii) Refunding bonds for the payment or retirement of bonds previously issued by it.
(b) The bonds shall be made payable solely from the income, proceeds and revenues derived from the municipality's undertaking and carrying out of urban renewal projects under this chapter. However, payment of the bonds may be further secured by a pledge of any loan, grant or contribution from the federal government or other source in aid of any urban renewal projects of the municipality under this chapter.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 15 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 9 - Urban Renewal › Article 1 - Urban Development › Section 15-9-120 - Taxes Upon Property; Authorized Division Thereof.

15-9-120. Taxes upon property; authorized division thereof.
(a) Any urban renewal plan may contain a provision that taxes, if any, levied upon taxable property in an urban renewal project each year by or for the benefit of a municipality in the state shall be divided as follows:
(i) That portion of the taxes which would be produced by the rate upon which the tax is levied each year by or for each of the taxing agencies upon the total sum of the assessed value of the taxable property in the urban renewal project as shown upon the assessment roll used in connection with the taxation of the property by the taxing agency, last equalized prior to the effective date of the urban renewal project shall be allocated to and, when collected, paid into the funds of the respective taxing agencies as taxes by or for those taxing agencies on all other property are paid (for the purpose of allocating taxes by or for any taxing agency which did not include the territory in the urban renewal project on the effective date of the project but which territory had been annexed or otherwise included after the effective date, the assessment of the county last equalized on the project shall be used in determining the assessed valuation on the taxable property in the project on the effective date); and
(ii) That portion of the levied taxes each year in excess of the amount specified in paragraph (a)(i) of this section shall be allocated to and, when collected, paid into a special fund of the participating municipality or urban renewal agency to pay the principal and interest on loaned money advanced to, or any indebtedness incurred by the municipality or urban renewal agency. Unless the total assessed valuation of the taxable property in an urban renewal project exceeds the total assessed value of the taxable property in the project as shown by the last equalized assessment roll referred to in paragraph (a)(i) of this section, all of the taxes levied and collected upon the taxable property in the urban renewal project shall be paid into the funds of the respective taxing agencies. When any loans, advances and indebtedness, if any, and interest have been paid in full, all monies thereafter received from taxes upon the taxable property in the urban renewal project shall be paid into the funds of the various taxing agencies as taxes on all other property are paid.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 15 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 9 - Urban Renewal › Article 1 - Urban Development › Section 15-9-121 - Taxes Upon Property; When Pledging Allowed.

15-9-121. Taxes upon property; when pledging allowed.
In any urban renewal plan or in proceedings for the advance of monies or making of loans or the incurring of any indebtedness by the municipality or agency to finance or refinance in whole or in part the urban renewal project, the portion of the taxes specified in W.S. 15-9-120(a)(ii) may be irrevocably pledged for the payment of the principal of and interest on those loans or advances or that indebtedness.