Driveway Apron and New Entrance Permits in Skaneateles
Out in the town it is close to a coin toss whose road you meet, which makes this the one address worth checking rather than assuming.
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What a Skaneateles access permit buys you
The published residential access fee is $15 per drive plus a $500 deposit returned after the work is completed and inspected, so cost is never the reason to skip it. What the money buys is a county check on sight distance and drainage at your chosen location, with the front property corners and the center of the drive staked so it can be verified. That review is exactly what stops a new entrance becoming a heave problem three winters later.
Stake the corners and the center before the review
The applicant stakes the front property corners and the center of the proposed drive so the county can verify sight distance and drainage, then notifies the department by email.
Two signatures, two offices, one form
Where a new structure is being built, the town's code enforcement officer must also sign and date the last page of the county access permit application. Neither office substitutes for the other.
Nearly even odds out in the town
40.6 town miles against 38.5 county miles makes the Town of Skaneateles the strongest case in the metro for checking the road owner rather than assuming it.
40.6 against 38.5, and the permit that follows
The Town of Skaneateles carries 40.6 centerline miles under town jurisdiction against 38.5 miles of county-owned highway, close to an even split, plus 21.1 state-owned miles for 100.2 miles in total. Most towns in the county are nothing like even: town mileage runs from two to nearly five times the county's in Camillus, Cicero, Clay, DeWitt, Manlius and Salina. Skaneateles village carries 8.0 miles of village street, 0.4 county miles and 3.2 state-owned miles.
Source: New York State Department of Transportation, Highway Data Services Bureau, 2017 Highway Mileage Report for New York State, published June 2018, Onondaga County table of minor civil division centerline highway mileage by jurisdiction, accessed 2026-09-08
Onondaga County's Department of Transportation requires an Access Permit for all new driveways on Onondaga County roads, including residential, commercial, agricultural, construction and temporary drives. The applicant must stake the front property corners and the center of the proposed driveway so the county can verify sight distance and drainage, notify the department by email, and satisfy the department that the location meets minimum requirements; the county will otherwise determine the safest location or deny access. Published access fees are $15 per drive residential, $15 field, $25 construction and temporary, $555 commercial, $900 per subdivision street and $200 for a temporary access road or street, plus a $500 deposit returned after the work is completed and inspected. Permits are valid one year from the date of the Commissioner of Transportation's approval. Onondaga County's access permit procedure requires that where a new structure is being built, the town's Code Enforcement Officer must also sign and date the last page of the county access permit application. For subdivisions, the county requires the property owner's surveyor to perform sight distance checks for proposed access locations and to provide the results to the county for review.
Source: Onondaga County Department of Transportation, Permits, accessed 2026-09-08
The Skaneateles coin toss at the end of the drive
The Town of Skaneateles carries 40.6 centerline miles of its own against 38.5 miles of county-owned highway, nearly even, where town mileage elsewhere in this county runs two to nearly five times the county's. The village is the reverse case at 8.0 village miles, 0.4 county and 3.2 state. So a town address here is close to even odds on which office governs the entrance, and that is genuinely worth an email before a shovel moves. A new drive onto a county road needs an Access Permit, and the review that comes with it is the part that is actually worth having.
Town road or county road at your gate?
One address is all we need to check the road owner and the permit before anyone books a pour.
New entrance questions from Skaneateles owners
What does a new driveway permit cost on a Skaneateles county road?
The published access fee is $15 for a residential drive, plus a $500 deposit that is returned once the work is completed and inspected, and the permit is valid one year from the date of the Commissioner of Transportation's approval. The fee is not the point of it. The sight distance and drainage review that comes with it is, and that is what protects the entrance you are about to build.
Is my Skaneateles road the town's or the county's?
Out in the town it is close to even, with 40.6 miles under town jurisdiction against 38.5 county-owned, which is unusual for this county. Inside the village it is almost all village street, 8.0 miles against 0.4 county and 3.2 state. Send the address and we will confirm which one you meet before anything is scheduled.
Get the Skaneateles entrance route settled
Village or town, tell us what you are planning or what has failed and we will explain the process.