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Short-term rental rules in Lander, WY
How Lander regulates short-term rentals: the rules that apply, their sources, and pending changes.
Rules here limit which homes may operate as short-term rentals, how many, where, or for how many nights a year.
- Whole-home STR is a conditional use only in every residential zone (R-1/R-2/R-3/R-5) — no by-right path
- Discretionary Board of Adjustment approval, deniable on a compatibility finding
- 40%-neighbor-protest provision within 400 feet triggers a three-fourths supermajority to grant
- No numeric citywide cap or per-owner limit; no city lodging tax
Based on: City of Lander Municipal Code Title 4 (Zoning) — residential-district use lists (§4-12-3 R-1 / R-2, §4-13-x, §4-14-x)
Summary of the rule
§4-12-3 (Single And Multi-Family Residential District R-2): 'B. Permitted Uses...: 1. single family detached dwellings; 2. two-family dwellings; 3. multi-family dwellings; 4. churches; 5. private or public elementary and secondary schools; 6. public park...' (STR NOT listed). 'C. Conditional Uses: 1. Childcare; 2. Foster care; 3. home business; 4. bed and breakfast/short term rental; 5. mortuary/crematory; 6. related uses of a similar type as approved by the Board of Adjustment.' STR is a Conditional Use only, not a Permitted Use. R-5 (§4-12-5) Multi-Family also excludes STR from its Permitted Uses. Pinned in Chrome via the interactive viewer.
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