Town Hall: (607) 749-3199
Town Justice: (607) 749-2377
Saturday, August 09, 2025
Town Highway Historian

Preble Building Department

The Code Official assists in following the NYS building codes to ensure the Health, Safety and Resilience of the Built Environment for all residents of Preble. 

Rick Fritz - Code Official and Zoning Officer
Phone: 607-591-9898

Preble Code Official is available at the Town Hall on Mondays from 1-3 pm to help with applications. Building permits, certificates of occupancy, zoning information are among the services available from the Code office.

The  Building Process: If you are planning to build to build in the Town of Preble you'll first need to get approval from the Cortland Count Health Department. Once have approval from the Health Dept:

  1. Download a  Building Premit  Application and follow the instructions. 
  2. Bring your completed application to Town Clerk/Code Official with copy of survey/tax map showing the parcel....
  3. Bring a  drawing of what will be built. A professionally rendered set of drawings may be needed for the project.
  4. Once approved, (you'll be notified by code official) then come to Preble Town Hall and submit it to the Preble Code Official. At that point, the cost of the permit will be determined and you will pay for the permit in person.
  5. Start building!

BSC logoPreble follows all NYS Buiding Standards and Codes.

Preble Town Board

The Preble Town Board meets the 2nd Monday of each month at 7 pm in the Town Hall, 1968 Preble Road.

Supervisor: James Doring

Deputy Supervisor: Jim Harris

Town Board:

  • Dave Morse
  • David Pitman
  • Mike Griep

Local Laws Pertiaining to the Town Board

Preble Planning Board

 

The Preble Planning Board meets the 4th Wednesday of each month at 7 pm at the Preble Town Hall, 1968 Preble Road.

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 Agenda for July 23, 2025 meeting:  

1. Dennis Tuttle estate - subdivision application; 6251 East Homer Baltimore Road; tax map #38.00-03-03

2. Review of draft wind energy law and finalizing draft zoning law.

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The  updated Town of Preble Comprehensive Plan was approved and adopted on March 11, 2024 by the Preble Town Board.  See Government/Laws/Ordinances

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Planning Board:

Chair: Maureen Knapp
Peter McClure
Amy Bertini
Jim Jecen
Linda Bocian
Donald Armstrong, Attorney
Secretary: Sue Wright

Preble Zoning Board of Appeals

 

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The Preble Zoning Board of Appeals meets the 1st Thursday of each month at 7:00 pm at the Preble Town Hall, 1968 Preble Road.

January 2, 2025 - cancelled
February 6, 2025 - cancelled
March 6, 2025 - cancelled
April 3, 2025 - referral by the Zoning Officer to interpret whether or not a farm machinery repair shop is an allowable use under the definition of Agribusiness as defined in the zoning ordinance. 

May 1, 2025 - cancelled

June 5, 2025 - cancelled

July 3, 2025 - cancelled 

August 7, 2025 - application of Peter Tague for an area variance; tax map #07.14-01-31; 1876 Fulmer Road.  Applicant is seeking a 4 feet variance to construct a single-garage addition.

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ATTENTION: 

LEGAL NOTICES

 

Zoning Board of Appeals:

  • Daniel O'Shea, Chairman
  • Donald Armstrong, Attorney
  • Sue Wright, Secretary
  • Amy Bertini
  • Jay Currie
  • Steve Rofe
  • Dean Hartnett

Highway Department

Highway Superintendent: Jeffrey Griswold

Equipment Operator: Charlie Reagan

Equipment Operator: Kevin Baldwin

Plus one seasonal employee each summer

The Town of Preble maintains 25.4 centerline miles of roads. Sixteen miles of the 25.4 are plowed, making up 34 plowing segments. We also plow school bus pull-offs, turnarounds, the Fire Station and the Town Hall. The average route time is 2 hrs. 45 minutes.

Summer duties include: culvert replacement/ installation, ditch cleaning, road material hauling and placement (gravel, pavement), oil and stone treatments, cutting brush, mowing roadsides along with maintaining 5 abandoned cemeteries. We also provide the resources for the annual “Town Clean-Up”.

The Highway operation moved into a new building in January of 2018 at 6684 Rt. 281 next to the salt shed. All
equipment is now stored indoors. All 6 bays have in-floor hydronic heating with propane boilers. The building was paid for with money saved and a State grant from Senator Jim Seward.

 

Please feel free to call the highway garage at 607-749-2710 with any questions.