Bill Goldsmith
Person
ZBA Board Member
109 mentions
· in our records since Dec 16, 2025
Background
Serves on:
Zoning Board of Appeals
(per 2026-06-16 attendance)
Spoken at:
Zoning Board of Appeals (5 meetings, 2025-12 to 2026-09)
Name verified via: Village of Croton-on-Hudson, Zoning Board of Appeals minutes, Tuesday, December 16, 2025 (meetings.minutes_text, meeting 29); official village committee directory
In our coverage:
- Zoning board legalizes gazebo and sunroom built without permits; garage plan held for a site visit 2026-09-15
- ZBA Interprets Animal Code: Fowl Means Any Bird, Split Vote on Coop Setbacks 2026-06-16
- ZBA Approves Three Variances With Bare Quorum in 33-Minute Meeting 2026-04-21
- Zoning board sends Mount Airy subdivision to the Planning Board after 11 neighbors speak against it 2026-03-17
- ZBA leaves 52 Mount Airy hearing open as neighbors count the trees already gone 2026-02-17
- Cottage keeps its street-facing door; Mount Airy neighbors told to wait for February 2026-01-20
Related
variance
Village of Croton-on-Hudson
Ron Wegner
Doug Olcott
Ethan Lewis
James Tuman
Matt Berger
Daron Weber
Len Simon
Mount Airy Road
Christine Wagner
Westchester County
dormer addition
side yard variance
Noelle Sirico
Appearances (17 most notable of 109)
Yeah. Have one question. I noticed that you you included a I'm Bill Goldsmith. I I noticed you included a letter that went out to your neighbors. Correct. Is that all the neighbors in on the street? Because I know it's a cul de sac. It's anybody who …
Go ahead. I'm sorry. My only comment is I'm not sure whether this is something that would get approved if it was coming to the zoning board before it was constructed because it's not conformant. However, know, and there's risk, you know, anytime zoni…
I have I actually have a question. It's kind of a hypothetical question, but do we know whether the house would have satisfied the 20 foot side yard variance? I would just say the same thing. The side yard Would that actually be 20 shed had never bee…
You wanna go ahead. Leads me to a question. Just listening to Ethan and Jim, it's pretty clear that there is no specific definition of what a foul is. I was not able to find a definition of foul under New York law. There was nothing in New York state…
this code position provision. It's there is I agree with Jim that there's common usage of foul, geese and ducks and chickens and, you know, poultry, but there's also a different definition which is which is widely used, meaning all bird of any kind, …
That actually leads me to to sorry to interrupt. Yeah. Sure. Go ahead. As a follow-up question to Vinny or or Ron, has any I I think I think there there are a number of provisions in the zoning code that actually set forth the legislative history. Li…
VILLAGE OF CROTON-ON-HUDSON
ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS
DRAFT MINUTES OF TUESDAY, MAY 19, 2026
PRESENT: James Tuman, Chairman
Matt Berger
Doug Olcot
Bill Goldsmith
…
My only comment would be that the application doesn't I don't think that it the application sets forth the same conditions that were in the prior variance. And I would suggest that we, if we're gonna grant this variance that we essentially grant it t…
Considering what used to be there. No. It seems it seems like a good alternative. Oh, an improvement. Yeah. And and the variance that we granted is not what they asked for. It's actually requiring them to build a fence that has only 25% opacity. So a…
VILLAGE OF CROTON-ON-HUDSON
ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS
DRAFT MINUTES OF TUESDAY, APRIL 21, 2026
PRESENT: Doug Olcott, Acting Chairman
Bill Goldsmith
Matt Berger
ABSENT: Jam…
VILLAGE OF CROTON-ON-HUDSON
ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS
DRAFT MINUTES OF TUESDAY, MARCH 17, 2026
PRESENT: James Tuman, Chairman
Ethan Lewis
Matt Berger
Patrick Turne…
VILLAGE OF CROTON-ON-HUDSON
ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS
DRAFT MINUTES OF TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2026
PRESENT: James Tuman, Chairman
Ethan Lewis
Doug Olcott
Matt Berger
Bill Goldsmith
ALSO PRESENT: Ron Wegner, Assistant Village Engineer, PE
Len Simon, Vill…
you asking me to Yeah. Have a question? Yeah. I actually have a question. What what is the existing elevation at the top of I I kinda look at it. I have to call it the knoll, the top of the knoll or the top of the hill. What what is the existing elev…
you just show me so that I can Yeah. So so you go on. I'm just pointing to the as you're driving up Mount Airy Road and as you're making a right into the new driveway, before you build the driveway, before you do anything to the property, I'm curious…
VILLAGE OF CROTON-ON-HUDSON
MINUTES OF THE ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS
TUESDAY, JANUARY 20, 2026
PRESENT: James Tuman, Chairman
Doug Olcott
…
VILLAGE OF CROTON-ON-HUDSON
MINUTES OF THE ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 16 2025
PRESENT: Christine Wagner, Chairperson
Daron Weber
Jim Tuman
Doug Olcott
William Goldsmith
ALSO PRESENT: Ron Wegner, Assistant Village Engineer, PE
Stacey Na…
VILLAGE OF CROTON-ON-HUDSON
MINUTES OF THE ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2025
PRESENT: Christine Wagner, Chairperson
Daron Weber
Jim Tuman
William Goldsmith
Doug Olcott
ALSO PRESENT: Ron Wegner, Assistant Village Engineer, PE
Maria Sli…