Town Hall: (607) 749-3199
Town Justice: (607) 749-2377
Saturday, April 25, 2026
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. 

Ben Vincent, Code Enforcement Office
Phone: 315-920-0273
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Preble Code Official is available by phone or email 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: Nate Shirley

Deputy Supervisor: Michelle Baker

Town Board:

  • Dave Morse
  • David Pitman
  • Mike Griep
  • Jeff Bordwell

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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 The monthly meeting scheduled for March 25, 2026, is cancelled as there have been no filings or other agenda at this time.

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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
Jonathan Karp, 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.

TOWN OF PREBLE ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS

PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE

            PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that a public hearing will be held by the Town of Preble Zoning Board of Appeals on Thursday, May 7, 2026, at 7:00 p.m. at the Preble Town Hall, located at 1968 Preble Road, Preble, New York, to review the application of Theodore Larison/Clifford Ostrander requesting a front yard and side yard variance pursuant to Sec. 515 of the Zoning Ordinance to build a garage at premises located at 6238 Little York Lake Road. 

Sue Wright, Secretary

Preble Zoning Board of Appeals

  Agenda for May 7, 2026 monthly meeting:  Area variance application of Theodore Larison/Clifford  Ostrander for an area variance for premises at 6238 Little York Lake Rd for the purpose of building a garage.

 

ATTENTION: 

LEGAL NOTICES

 

Zoning Board of Appeals:

  • Amy Bertini, Chairman
  • Jon Karp, Attorney
  • Sue Wright, Secretary
  • Daniel O'Shea
  • Chris Vieni
  • Steve Rofe
  • Dean Hartnett

Highway Department

Highway Superintendent: Jeffrey Griswold
Equipment Operator: Jordon Conrad
Equipment Operator: Michael Potter
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. 
or email us from our "contact page".