Title 15 · WY
15-7-305 vacate from public use any property acquired or held
Citation: Wyo. Stat. § 15-7-305
Section: 15-7-305
15-7-305 vacate from public use any property acquired or held for park purposes, if: (A) Repealed by Laws 1984, ch. 15, § 2.
(B) Repealed by Laws 1984, ch. 15, § 2.
(C) Repealed by Laws 1984, ch. 15, § 2.
(D) The city or town has held title to the property for more than ten (10) years and no substantial use has been made thereof for park purposes; or
(E) The property will be used for public school or public educational purposes after the vacation.
(xiii) License, tax and regulate any business whatsoever conducted or trafficked in within the limits of the city or town for the purpose of raising revenue, and any license taxes imposed shall be uniform in respect to the class of business upon which imposed;
(xiv) Regulate or prohibit the running at large within the city limits of any animals, impose a license fee for the keeping or harboring of dogs and establish and provide for the operation of a pound;
(xv) Regulate, license, tax or prohibit saloons and shooting galleries or places;
(xvi) Suppress or prohibit:
(A) All gambling games or devices except antique gambling devices as defined in W.S. 6-7-101(a)(x) and authorize the destruction thereof;
(B) Houses of prostitution and other disorderly houses and punish the keeper thereof and persons resorting thereto; and
(C) Other disorderly and vicious practices or conduct.
(xvii) Restrain and punish vagrants, mendicants and prostitutes;
(xviii) Regulate, prevent or suppress riots, disturbances, disorderly assemblies or parades, or any other conduct which disturbs or jeopardizes the public health, safety, peace or morality, in any public or private place; (xix) Declare and abate nuisances and impose fines upon parties who create, continue or permit nuisances to exist;
(xx) Compel the attendance of witnesses for the investigation of matters before it and the presiding officer may administer the requisite oaths;
(xxi) Purchase, lease or rent land within or without the corporate limits for the deposit of refuse matter, govern the use of the land and make reasonable rules and requirements for hauling refuse;
(xxii) Establish and regulate parks, zoological gardens and recreation areas within the city limits and upon land owned, leased or controlled outside of the city limits provided:
(A) The municipal court of the city or town has jurisdiction to punish any violator of the ordinances of the city or town governing those areas;
(B) The state game and fish commission is authorized to furnish to any city or town any game or animals requested, and the city or town shall pay the necessary expenses.
(xxiii) Provide for the organization, support and equipping of a fire department and:
(A) Prescribe rules, regulations and penalties for governing the department;
(B) Establish regulations for the prevention of and extinguishing of fires;
(C) Make cooperative agreements or execute contracts for fire protection in accordance with W.S. 15-1-121.
(xxiv) Prevent the dangerous construction and condition of chimneys, fireplaces and any other heating appliance or apparatus used in and about dwellings, factories and other buildings, and cause any such dangerous condition or appliance to be removed or replaced in a safe condition, regulate and prevent the carrying on of manufacturing likely to cause fires and prevent the deposit of ashes in unsafe places; (xxv) Prescribe the thickness, strength and manner of constructing any buildings and the construction of fire escapes therein, and provide for their inspection;
(xxvi) Provide for the repair, removal or destruction of any dangerous building or enclosure;
(xxvii) Define fire limits and prescribe limits within which no building may be constructed except of brick, stone, or other incombustible material, without permission and cause the destruction or removal of any building constructed or repaired in violation of any ordinance;
(xxviii) Regulate or prevent the storage, use and transportation of any combustible or explosive material within the corporate limits or within a given distance thereof;
(xxix) Appoint a board of health and prescribe its powers and duties and:
(A) Establish quarantine ordinances;
(B) Own and regulate convalescent homes, rest homes and hospitals;
(C) Contract for treatment and preventive services for the mentally ill, substance abuser and developmentally disabled as provided in W.S. 35-1-611 through