Zoning protest petition-amendments.

Plain English: The amendment changes the zoning protest process to include provisions for abandoned and nuisance properties, allowing cities and towns to designate such properties and provide tax credits for improvements or demolition.

• Adds a new section in the law that allows city or town governing bodies to designate properties as abandoned or nuisances if they meet certain criteria.
• Provides tax credits for property owners who demolish or improve designated abandoned or nuisance properties within specified timeframes.
• Enables cities and towns to assess fees on properties deemed dangerous or causing nuisances, similar to special assessments.

• The amendment text is truncated at the end, so some details about tax credits might be incomplete.

Plain English: The amendment modifies the zoning protest process to include urban renewal and affordable housing provisions, expanding the application of the Wyoming Urban Renewal Code.

• Adds 'urban renewal' to the catch title of the bill.
• Expands the application of the Wyoming Urban Renewal Code to address affordable housing issues.
• Inserts new legislative findings regarding the lack of affordable housing and its impact on public welfare, tax base, and economic growth.
• Includes definitions for terms such as 'blighted area', 'urban renewal area', 'urban renewal project', and 'affordable housing'.

• The amendment text includes extensive legal language that may be difficult to fully summarize without additional context.

Plain English: The amendment changes the zoning protest process to include provisions for abandoned and nuisance properties, allowing cities and towns to designate such properties and provide tax credits for improvements.

• Adds a new section in the law that allows cities and towns to designate properties as abandoned or nuisances if they meet certain criteria.
• Provides tax credits for property owners who demolish or improve designated abandoned or nuisance properties within specified timeframes.
• Enables cities and towns to assess fees on properties deemed dangerous or causing nuisances.

• The amendment text is extensive, and some details about the implementation of tax credits and fee assessments are not fully explained in this excerpt.

Plain English: The amendment removes a previous committee change and adds new language that prohibits cities and towns from imposing certain fees, conditions, or concessions on residential or commercial developments related to workforce housing unless explicitly allowed by state law.

• Removes the House standing committee's previous amendments in several places.
• Adds a new subsection (e) to W.S. 15-1-103 that prohibits cities and towns from imposing monetary fees, non-monetary conditions, or other concessions on residential or commercial developments related to workforce housing unless allowed by state law.

• The exact impact of removing previous amendments is not fully detailed in the provided text.
• It's unclear how this amendment will affect existing local regulations and practices regarding development fees and conditions.

Plain English: The amendment removes specific sections related to zoning protests and adds a new subsection to an existing law.

• Removes the section that amends the zoning protest process.
• Adds a new subsection (c) to Wyoming Statute 15-1-603.

• The exact content of the new subsection (c) is not provided in the amendment text, so its specific changes are unknown.

Plain English: The amendment removes the previous changes to the zoning protest process and instead repeals a specific section of Wyoming state law.

• Removes all amendments made by the House standing committee (SF0040HS001/AE).
• Replaces 'amending' with 'repealing' in the bill title.
• Deletes references to specifying applicability and removes lines that amend or add new sections of law.
• Changes a section number from 'Section 3.' to 'Section 2.'

• The amendment does not provide details on why certain sections are being deleted or what the implications of repealing W.S. 15-1-603 will be.

Plain English: The amendment changes the zoning protest process to prevent cities and towns from charging certain fees or imposing conditions on housing developments that aim to provide affordable or workforce housing.

• Adds a new rule prohibiting local governments from requiring fees or special conditions for residential or commercial development aimed at providing affordable, workforce, or unmet housing needs unless state law specifically allows it.
• Changes the required vote needed for zoning protests from two-thirds majority to just a simple majority.

• The amendment's text does not specify what types of fees and conditions are allowed under state law, which could lead to uncertainty about how local governments will implement this rule.

Plain English: The amendment changes the percentage required for certain actions in zoning protest petitions from fifty percent to thirty-three percent and adjusts some requirements related to voting thresholds.

• Changes 'fifty percent' to 'thirty-three percent' where it appears twice in the bill text.
• Replaces 'a majority' with 'two-thirds (2/3)' in one instance.

• The exact impact of these changes on the zoning protest process is not fully explained by the amendment text alone.

Plain English: The amendment adds a new requirement for cities and towns to get approval from three-fourths of their governing body if there is a protest against zoning changes that would allow certain types of businesses in an area.

• Adds a new subsection (c) to the existing section, which requires a three-fourth vote by the city or town's governing body for specific zoning changes if protested by property owners representing at least twenty percent of the affected area.

• The amendment text does not specify all possible types of businesses that might be covered under this new requirement, leaving some uncertainty about which exact categories are included.

Plain English: The amendment allows for more than one person to sign a zoning protest petition.

• Changes the requirement so that a zoning protest petition can now be signed by more than one person instead of just one.

Plain English: The amendment changes the number of required signatures for a zoning protest petition from five hundred to three hundred.

• Reduces the number of required signatures needed for filing a zoning protest petition from 500 to 300.