Tag: Canandaigua City Council

Canandaigua council members called for more information about who would benefit and how other taxpayers would be affected as they reviewed two approaches to expanding veterans’ property tax exemptions Monday night. City … more: Canandaigua weighs bigger veterans tax breaks, questions cost to other taxpayers

Canandaigua's Finance Committee will discuss higher veterans property-tax exemption limits at 6 p.m. tonight at the Hurley Building. A council workshop on budgets and public hearings will follow without a Zoom … more: Canandaigua finance panel to weigh higher veterans tax exemptions tonight

Canandaigua’s Planning Commission approved a revised South Main Street redevelopment and a private event center on Gorham Street on Wednesday, while allowing initial exterior work for a small theater on Coach Street. Parking, … more: Canandaigua approves South Main redevelopment, Gorham Street event center

Canandaigua officials held off on advancing an e-bike ordinance Monday after questioning whether proposed fines and impoundment charges would place too heavy a burden on families and people who depend on the vehicles for … more: Canandaigua revisits e-bike penalties, declines new erosion rules as landfill closure approaches

Canandaigua City Council approved design work Monday for two projects with longer-term implications for the city. Flood protection along Sucker Brook and a potential 5.5-acre addition to Lagoon Park. Council also set an … more: Canandaigua advances Sucker Brook flood work and Lagoon Park expansion plan

City Council gave itself the option to exceed New York’s property tax cap in its 2027 budget Monday, while approving a two-year fire protection contract that will bring the city $3.1 … more: Canandaigua council clears way for tax cap override, approves $3.1 million fire contract

Canandaigua City Council committees advanced a new two-year fire protection agreement with the Town of Canandaigua, backed changes to a police department position and reviewed the city's 2025 audit Monday night, while … more: Canandaigua advances fire agreement, police change, but pushes housing debate to 2027

A proposed three-story redevelopment on South Main Street, plans to move the Ontario County Department of Motor Vehicles into the former Canandaigua Post Office and a pair of short-term rentals are among … more: Canandaigua Planning Commission to review downtown redevelopment, DMV move and short-term rentals tonight

A proposed move of the Ontario County Department of Motor Vehicles into the former Canandaigua Post Office and plans for a new three-story building on South Main Street are among nine applications … more: Canandaigua Planning Commission to consider DMV move, 12,000-square-foot Main Street project

Canandaigua will move ahead with $760,000 in engineering and design work for major improvements at its water treatment plant, even as the city continues pursuing grant funding for a larger $15.5 million … more: Canandaigua approves $760,000 water plant design work as tax cap, fire staffing concerns surface

A new family-focused cafe on South Main Street, another outdoor music event at Rio Tomatlan and a large mural planned for the Bemis Street restaurant all won approval Wednesday as the Canandaigua Planning … more: Canandaigua Planning Commission approves new downtown cafe, Rio Tomatlan concert and mural

Canandaigua officials wrestled Monday with how far the city should go in regulating tree removal on private property, whether to offer a new 100% property tax exemption to certain disabled veterans and … more: Canandaigua weighs tree-cutting rules, disabled veteran tax break as water plant work advances

A proposal to open more land around Jefferson Park for multifamily housing stalled Monday night after business owners and neighborhood residents warned that broad rezoning could restrict existing companies, strain infrastructure and … more: Canandaigua drops Jefferson Park rezoning proposal after overwhelming opposition

A proposal aimed at opening more land near Jefferson Park to multifamily housing will come before Canandaigua City Council committees tonight, alongside a review of the city’s midyear finances and a new … more: Canandaigua committees to review housing rezoning, city finances tonight

Canandaigua officials are taking the next step toward a major overhaul of the city's aging wastewater treatment system, approving nearly $19 million in potential borrowing while pursuing millions of dollars in state … more: Canandaigua moves forward with $18.9 million wastewater project while pursuing state grants

Canandaigua City Council held its regularly scheduled July meeting on Monday, July 20. The meeting was streamed on Facebook and can be watched … more: CANANDAIGUA: City Council holds July meeting (video)

Canandaigua is moving toward another major round of wastewater improvements as aging equipment, stricter state discharge limits and continued development place growing pressure on a treatment plant built more than 50 … more: Canandaigua advances $18.9M wastewater plan, lead-line grant and water plant security project

Canandaigua officials spent the week looking at two versions of the city’s future: one focused on where people will live, and another on what the city’s commercial corridors and historic downtown … more: Canandaigua weighs housing changes, YMCA expansion and downtown sign rules in busy week

Canandaigua City Council is scheduled to hold a brief special meeting Monday to consider an appointment to the city's Zoning Board of Appeals. The meeting is set for 6 p.m. July 6 … more: Canandaigua City Council will hold special meeting tonight: What’s on the agenda?