Chautauqua County Department of Motor Vehicles

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• Mayville office will be open on Wednesdays until 6pm.
• Jamestown office will be open on Thursdays until 6pm.

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The new home of the Chautauqua County DMV in Jamestown – 512 W. Third St. (image from Google)

JAMESTOWN – Chautauqua County officials will be in Jamestown Wednesday morning for the opening of the new DMV office at 512 West Third St. the county is relocating its Jamestown office from its long-time location on Pine Street to the new location to accommodate a need for more space for social services.

The DMV’s new location provides approximately 3,085 square-feet of office space. The cost for the DMV would decrease for the duration of the lease over the current rental paid at the South County building. Rent at the new location is $12 per-square-foot for the first year with a 4 percent increase every year after.

A ribbon cutting event is scheduled to take place at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at the new location.

That’s according to Chautauqua County legislator Paul Whitford (D-Jamestown, District 13), who said that earlier this month during the county’s administrative services committee, he asked his colleagues to table a resolution calling that would move the Jamestown DMV office from its current location on Cherry St. to the Northcrest Business Park at 222 Fluvanna Ave – which once housed the Ames and Big N Department stores.

“I didn’t think there was a sense of urgency and we had time to look at all of our options,” Whitford explained Wednesday night during the legislator’s monthly voting session. “That’s why I asked [Jamestown Development Director] Vince DeJoy and [Jamestown Renaissance Corporation Executive Director] Greg Lindquist to come in and give some other options for [County Clerk] Larry Barmore to look at. They did have a meeting the following day and it was very successful. They did find another location and they’re now working on that.”

Barmore’s office is responsible for overseeing the local DMV operations and it was Barmore who said there was a need to move the office in Jamestown, citing a need for better efficiency in working with customers as well as security of information.

Whitford says that while he can not yet publicly comment on the proposed new location, he does say that it would be at a location that is closer to downtown, compared to the Fluvanna Ave. location. He also said that the cost would be lower than what the county would have paid, had it opted to go with the Fluvanna Ave. location. He adds that more details will be likely be announced in March.