CHEYENNE — City officials are weighing whether to change Cheyenne’s tree-planting rules in new residential areas after developers said current regulations favor large shade trees that don’t always fit smaller lots.

At a meeting Monday, Public Services Committee members moved to recommend approval of a resolution directing the Cheyenne Planning and Development Department to review the Unified Development Code (UDC), and provide a recommendation to the Cheyenne City Council regarding the allowance of a greater variety of trees and smaller tree sizes to be planted in new residential areas.

According to the resolution’s supporting document , members of the City Council have received correspondence from members of the development community expressing concern that the current UDC provisions

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