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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
Town Clerk Appointments 11am–6pm Mon–Fri
Town Clerk 607-277-4788
Town Court 607-277-0095
Town Court Hours Mon-Wed 8am-11am
Danby Code Enforcement
The Danby Code Enforcement Office is responsible for the enforcement of local & some statewide ordinances & regulations including Building Permits & Fire Inspections
Steve Cortright
Email:
Available Hours:
Mon – Fri: 8:30 am – 4:30 pm
Please call ahead to ensure I am in the office and not out doing inspections.
Building Permit Application Packet
For complete instructions on applying for a Building Permit, please view this instructions document.
Building permit applications require the following forms to be submitted:
- Building Permit Application
- Notice of Ground Disturbance Worksheet
- New York State’s Certificate of Attestation of Exemption (this link takes you to NYS webpage with instructions for completing the CE-200 form. Once completed, you will need to submit the signed form to the Danby Code Enforcement Officer)
- Ungraded Lumber Certification Form
In addition, our office is responsible for assigning address numbers. Address signs that meet code requirements can be ordered from your local fire departments, and the forms can be downloaded here: West Danby or Danby.
Monthly reports summarizing building activity and other work done by the Code Office are available to the public.
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.