<body><div><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=1ELMg0_1DxR0zLR00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=1ELMg0_1DxR0zLR00" width="1640" height="924" >Lily Byrne, X101 News:A resolution was passed to update the City of Cortland’s Schedule of Fees, Fines and Penalties at the Cortland Common Council meeting Tuesday night.This included lowering the fee for a Rental Certificate of Compliance for all multi-unit rental properties. Now, the rental rate is the same for if you have a property with a few two-bedrooms, or if you have a sorority house, said Corporation Council Randall Lewis.“For single unit properties, there was no change in the fee structure at all,” Lewis said. “For multi-unit properties, it treated every unit as a $300 unit. So if you take a ten-unit property, it’s $1900 dollars. In the past, that would’ve been $3,000 dollars.”All alderpersons voted to pass the resolution, except for Ward 5 Councilperson Tom Conlon, who was under the impression there would be an additional meeting to discuss the matter, he said.“I had some concerns about the scale of the reduction from the original proposal,” Conlon said. “My concerns are specific to the code changes, and since we’ll be getting the finances on it next week, I thought it’d make more sense to hold off on this section of it, until we have an impact on the finances, and vote on it next week.”“This can always be amended, Mayor Scott Steve said. “We did it by resolution for that reason.”Most garbage fees also went down as a result of the resolution.Also at the meeting, a local law was unanimously adopted that amends parking-relating city codes. City resident Donald Chu spoke during the Public Hearing on the matter, asking why they are choosing to keep the restriction on parking from 3 a.m. to 6 a.m. on public streets.“With the trash pickups and the snow plowing, that’s the purpose of the no overnight parking,” Mayor Scott Steve said. “If you do have to pave or seal your driveway, they do use common sense. You’re welcome to do that.”A policy was also unanimously adopted on the proposal of murals in the Historic District. If someone wanted a mural on their building, the artist would propose a mockup to the Historic Commission for approval. It is the same process for other facade changes, said City Clerk Andy Jewett.Four Public Hearings were scheduled for 6 p.m., August 18, three of which involve the amending, adoption and repealing of laws that allow the City of Cortland to have Cortland County collect property taxes from city residents.The other scheduled Public Hearing changes the date that the Common Council must adopt their final budget from Dec. 31 to Oct. 31.</div></body>

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A resolution was passed to update the City of Cortland’s Schedule of Fees, Fines and Penalties at the Cortland Common Council meeting Tuesday night. This included lowering the fee for a Rental Certificate of Compliance for all multi-unit rental properties. Now, the rental rate is the same for if you have a property with a few two-bedrooms, or if you have a sorority house, said Corporation Council Randall Lewis.

Council Cuts Fees for Multi-Unit Rental Certificates, Adopts Parking Code Changes

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A resolution was passed to update the City of Cortland’s Schedule of Fees, Fines and Penalties at the Cortland Common Council meeting Tuesday night. This i

Council Cuts Fees for Multi-Unit Rental Certificates, Adopts Parking Code Changes

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