Onondaga County
Heating and Cooling Installation in Cicero, NY
Cicero writes its permit list wider than most: it names installing or replacing chimneys, vents and heat producing devices, not only solid fuel appliances, so the vent run that comes with a modern furnace reads onto the same list as the furnace. It is also the youngest housing in the county, median build year 1980, which changes what is behind the wall.
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Cicero's list says vents and heat producing devices, not just appliances
The Town of Cicero Department of Zoning and Planning publishes what needs a building permit, and its wording covers installing or replacing any fireplace, woodstove or other solid fuel burning device, chimney, vents or heat producing devices. Ordinary repairs are listed as not needing one, and the town tells anyone in doubt to call the Office of Zoning and Planning on 315-752-1180 extension 504, which is the number to use before the equipment is ordered rather than after. Cicero is the only municipality in the county where more than half the homes were built after 1980, so masonry chimneys are less often the problem and sealed combustion with a sidewall vent is already common; that vent has its own constraints here, because it has to sit above the highest anticipated snow level including drifting. The other Cicero pattern is timing rather than construction: these houses went up in waves, so their systems reach twenty to twenty five years old in waves too, which is why a street can see four replacements in one season. If yours is twelve years old and still holding temperature, this is not your conversation yet.
Areas within Cicero: Brewerton, Bridgeport, South Bay, Route 11 corridor, Cicero Swamp margin
Sidewall vent, snow and the neighbor's wall
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What we arrange across the town of Cicero
Furnace Replacement and Installation
Put a new gas furnace in with the size worked out from your house and the venting work priced before you sign, not discovered when the crew is already in the basement.
Furnace Replacement in Cicero →Boiler Replacement and Hydronic Heating
Replace the boiler that feeds your radiators or baseboard, sized against the house and the rooms it actually has to heat.
Boiler Replacement in Cicero →Central Air Conditioning Installation
Add central air to a Syracuse house, or replace the system you have, sized so that it runs long enough to take the humidity out rather than just dropping the temperature.
Central Air Installation in Cicero →Heat Pump Installation and Conversion
Find out what a heat pump would really do in your house on the coldest nights of a Syracuse winter, and what covers the load when it cannot.
Heat Pump Installation in Cicero →Ductwork and Air Distribution
Get the air to the rooms that never get it: new ducts, corrected ducts, or ductless equipment where there is nowhere to run a duct at all.
Ductwork in Cicero →What the county's newest housing changes about a Cicero replacement
The Town of Cicero Department of Zoning and Planning publishes the work for which a building permit is required. Its list includes construct, add onto, relocate or make structural changes to a building or property, and install or replace any fireplace, woodstove or other solid fuel burning device, chimney, vents or heat producing devices. The town lists making ordinary repairs, and installing or replacing siding or roofing where no more than two layers of roofing are to be covered, as not requiring a permit, and instructs anyone in doubt to call the Office of Zoning and Planning for clarification. The department telephone number is 315-752-1180, extension 504.
Source: Town of Cicero, New York, Department of Zoning and Planning, accessed 2026-09-14
The American Community Survey 2020-2024 five-year estimates put the median year structure built in the town of Cicero at 1980, plus or minus 2 years, the newest median of any municipality in Onondaga County. Of 13,584 housing units, 932 were built in 1939 or earlier, 6.9 percent, 6,734 before 1980, 49.6 percent, and 2,594, 19.1 percent, were built in 2000 or later.
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates, tables B25034 and B25035, Cicero town, Onondaga County, New York, accessed 2026-09-14
Of 12,932 occupied housing units in the town of Cicero, the American Community Survey 2020-2024 five-year estimates report 9,890 heated with utility gas, 76.5 percent, 2,281 with electricity, 17.6 percent, 282 with bottled, tank or LP gas, 2.2 percent, and 248 with fuel oil or kerosene, 1.9 percent. Of the occupied units, 10,426, 80.6 percent, are owner occupied.
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates, tables B25040 House Heating Fuel and B25003 Tenure, Cicero town, Onondaga County, New York, accessed 2026-09-14
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