ZONING DEPARTMENT

Christine Heath
Zoning Enforcement Officer (ZEO)

512 Main Street, PO Box 728, Cairo, NY 12413

Ph. (518) 622-3120 ext. 121

Office Hours: Monday – Friday 9:00am – 3:00pm

If you wish to meet with the Zoning Enforcement Officer please call ahead to confirm that she will be in the office and not out on an inspection.

If the Zoning Enforcement Officer is unavailable you can contact someone in the Code Enforcement/Building Department at 518-622-3120 ext. 253.

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ZONING NEWS:

On June 11th, 2018 the Zoning Board of Appeals corrected an error on the Zoning Map.

Parcel 101.00-5-36 was located in 3 different zoning districts: Hamlet-Cairo, RR and Main Street Commercial. The ZBA designated the entire parcel as Hamlet-Cairo.

This change was made pursuant to “SECTION II. ESTABLISHMENT OF ZONING DISTRICTS, B. Interpretation of District Boundaries”.

Did you know...

Tourism has been Cairo’s largest industry since the 1800’s. It was one of the first towns in the area to develop ski slopes and trails. Many of the regular visitors have made the conversion to seasonal or permanent residents.

The Cairo Railroad provided freight transportation to the industries in town starting in 1884. Early cargo consisted of locally mined bluestone, and hay and fruit from the local farms. In 1894 the Catskill Shale Brick Company became the railroads primary customer until the plant closed in 1914. The lack of steady freight and the increasing improvements to the local highways resulted in the termination of service at the end of the 1918 tourist season.