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Pencil sketch by Mary Ann Barr 2021
The Town of Danby in New York
Town Hall, 1830 Danby Road, Ithaca, NY 14850
Call the Town Court 607-277-0095
Town Court Hours Mon-Tue 8am-11am
Call the Town Clerk 607-277-4788
Town Clerk Appointments 11am–6pm Mon–Fri
Town Boards and Committees
The Town of Danby welcomes your participation in Town Boards and Committees. Below is the form to complete if you wish to apply for an open position. Descriptions of each Board/Committee are below the form. Please contact the Town Clerk’s office if you have any questions or concerns. Thank you for your interest in volunteering for Danby.
The Town Board is the governing, legislative, and policy making body of the Town. The Board is comprised of four Council members, who are elected for a four year term, and the Supervisor who is elected for a two year term. The Supervisor has the additional role of presiding over Town Board meetings.
When a proposed project does not comply with the Zoning Ordinance, an appeal may be filed with Danby’s Board of Zoning Appeals (the “BZA,” a.k.a. Zoning Board of Appeals, “ZBA”).
The purpose of CAC is to advise in the development, management, and protection of the Town’s natural resources.
The Planning Board receives and acts upon site plan approval requests, special permit requests, and subdivision applications.
The Town of Danby sits on the traditional & ancestral land of the Gayogoho:no’ (Cayuga Nation), one of the five nations to first form the Haudenosaunee. Indigenous peoples were largely forced out of Upstate New York by the Sullivan-Clinton Expedition in 1779. The land that would become the Town of Danby was a part of the Watkins and Flint Purchase, a 336,380 acre patent granted by New York State to numerous eastern investors in 1794.