Community Development Department

The Community Development Department was created effective July 1, 2006 as a result of separating the joint City/County Planning Department. The Community Development  Department is responsible for the physical development of the city as well as providing support to the Planning Commission, the City Council, EAC, USAC, Traffic Commission, Building Board of Appeal, Board of Health, and other boards and committees. The Department consists of four divisions:

Administration

  The Administration Division of the Community Development Department consists of the

  Director and Administrative Assistant.  The Director oversees the operation of the

  Department, provides policy direction and guidance to staff, assists in facilitating economic and

  physical development strategies, and prepares Department budget.  The Administrative

  Assistant provides office support to the director and department staff.

Peter Wysocki, AICP	Sara Davis
Community Development Director	Administrative Assistant
(307) 721-5207	(307) 721-5207
pwysocki@ci.laramie.wy.us	scdavis@ci.laramie.wy.us

 Code Administration
   The Code Administration Division has a staff of 7 full-time employees.  The Division is   

  responsible for providing public safety by ensuring that new structures and renovations of

  existing structures are designed and built in compliance with most current construction and

  environmental health codes.  This is achieved through three major functions: permitting and

  inspections, environmental health inspections, and code enforcement.

  Permitting and Inspections:  This function entails review and approval of construction

  drawings and issuance of permits and performing in-the-field inspections.

  Environmental Health:  The environmental health function involves licensing and inspection of

  mobile home parks, tattoo and body art facilities, pools and spas, restaurants and temporary

  food vendors.

  Code Enforcement:  This function primarily entails investigation and enforcement of nuisance

  and zoning ordinances pertaining to weeds, trash, junk and abandoned vehicles, illegal dumping

  and signs.

Engineering
  The Engineering Division has a staff of 5 full-time employees and 1 intern.  The Division has  

  performs technical engineering design reviews for subdivision plats, plat   vacations,

 annexations, public improvements and zoning requests. They implement the majority of the

 capital improvement program by prioritization, field research, preparing design drawings,

 contract administration, and inspection. This Division provides support services to all City

 Departments and Divisions. They issue permits, conduct inspections and enforce codes for

 public works projects and other construction in the public way such as sidewalk, curb and

 gutter, water lines, sewer lines, storm sewers, and franchised utility work. 

 The Engineering Division's primary purpose is to assure that all new and future infrastructure

 improvements will be constructed in such a manner as to provide long term functionality to the

 City. The Division provides initial contact and consultation with the public, private engineers,

 developers, contractors, state and federal agencies and supplies basic information regarding

 established precedent, departmental policy, ordinances, codes and areas of departmental

 responsibility. Engineering routinely addresses public complaints and concerns with respect to

 street and utility conditions and other related matters in the public right-of-way. The Division

 maintains and updates files and records for reference by engineers, developers and property

 owners.

 Planning

  The Planning Division consists of 3 full-time planners.  The Division has two major functions:

  development review and long range planning.

  Development Review:   The development review function entails reviewing and facilitating

  subdivision and zoning applications, including preliminary and final plats, planned unit

  developments, conditional use permits, variances and zone changes.  Applications are reviewed

  for compliance with the State Statutes, City Code and City development standards.  Upon staff

  review, most applications are forwarded to the Planning Commission and City Council for

  consideration and final action.

   Long Range Planning:  The long range planning function entails writing and updating

  documents pertaining to the physical development of the City, including zoning ordinances,

  subdivision and development standards, special corridor plans and the Comprehensive Plan. 

  Long range planning documents are formulated through a public process in collaboration with

  stakeholder groups and committees, the Planning Commission and the City Council.

 Quick Links

Physical Address: 405 Grand Avenue, Laramie, WY 82072

Mailing Address: City of Laramie Community Development Dept,
P.O. Box C, Laramie, WY 82073

 Phone:  307-721-5207   Fax: 307-721-5248

E-mail Planning Division:  Planning@cityoflaramie.org

E-mail Code Administration: CodeAdmin@cityoflaramie.org

E-mail Engineering Division: Engineering@cityoflaramie.org