Town and Village of Marcellus permits
Marcellus has two permit authorities. Inside the village, chapter 44 of the village code requires a building permit for work that must conform to the Uniform Code or the Energy Code, including construction, enlargement, alteration and demolition (village code, chapter 44). The village Code Enforcement Officer reviews permit applications and plans, issues building permits and certificates of occupancy and compliance, and the same chapter requires a tree activity permit for work within the dripline of a public tree.
Outside the village, the Town of Marcellus requires a building permit for work that must conform to the Uniform Code or the Energy Code under its chapter 90, adopted as Local Law No. 4 of 2022 (town code, chapter 90). The village code office also publishes a deck construction guide for anyone planning a deck project.
Census figures differ by unit: the village’s 1,031 housing units have a median year built of 1952 (margin of error 10 years), and about 59 percent (margin of error 11 percentage points) of them are single-family detached, while about 83 percent (margin of error 3 percentage points) of the 2,789 units in the town as a whole are (American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates).
