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Doug Olcott

Person ZBA Board Member 80 mentions · in our records since Mar 17, 2026
Serves on: Zoning Board of Appeals (per 2026-06-16 attendance)
Spoken at: Zoning Board of Appeals (6 meetings, 2025-12 to 2026-06)
Name verified via: meeting 19 minutes (Zoning Board of Appeals, 2026-01-20); meeting 19 minutes (Zoning Board of Appeals, 2026-01-20)
In our coverage:
variance Village of Croton-on-Hudson Ron Wegner Bill Goldsmith Ethan Lewis James Tuman Daron Weber public hearing Len Simon Matt Berger Christine Wagner dormer addition Noelle Sirico Joseph Arnow Maria Slippen
Transcript Zoning Board of Appeals Jun 16, 2026 Doug Olcott SPEAKING 30:09 →
My largest concern is that if we go with that interpretation, which either way well, I don't interpret it that way. It's over the placement of a comma that's confusing. We're effectively saying to have foul, you need to have a 100 foot wide lot. And …
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Transcript Zoning Board of Appeals Jun 16, 2026 Doug Olcott SPEAKING 34:32 →
That no animals or fowl should be penned or housed within 50 feet of lot line. I mean, the second definition on Miriam Webster is a cocker hen of the domestic chicken, especially an adult hen of any of several domesticated or wild, galenacious birds.…
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Transcript Zoning Board of Appeals Jun 16, 2026 Doug Olcott SPEAKING 37:18 →
Not wild animals. You got a better Right. Better definition? Not potentially better. I just wanted to float it as an as a one option, which is sticking with the the Merriam Webster definition, of adapted over time as by selective breeding from a wild…
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Transcript Zoning Board of Appeals May 19, 2026 Doug Olcott SPEAKING 3:30 →
I just have a question just for clarification. Sure. So I'm gonna I'm looking at the drawings. So the so the portico run, it doesn't count because it's open? Because it looks like from the drawing that that's only nine feet. Am I just reading the dra…
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Transcript Zoning Board of Appeals May 19, 2026 Doug Olcott SPEAKING 9:38 →
Therefore, be it resolved that a front yard variance of 1.5 feet be granted for an addition, including a front entry and mudroom subject to the following conditions and further fines the variance granted herein is the minimum variance necessary and n…
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Transcript Zoning Board of Appeals May 19, 2026 Doug Olcott SPEAKING 24:48 →
Well, I guess I'll amend this a little bit, but current a variance of 18 inches for a fence taller than 30 inches within the triangle at the street lines as outlined in the application granted subject to fence being no more than 25% solid.
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Minutes Zoning Board of Appeals Apr 21, 2026 Read →
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…
Transcript Zoning Board of Appeals Apr 21, 2026 Doug Olcott SPEAKING 29:20 →
The variance will not have an adverse effect or impact on the physical or environmental condition of the neighborhood. I think we all agreed on that. And the difficulty alleged, it was it is self created, But we didn't feel that that was outweighing …
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Transcript Zoning Board of Appeals Apr 21, 2026 Doug Olcott SPEAKING 30:44 →
Is it substantial 1.1 inch? I mean, 1.1 feet and point one feet. I I don't I think we would agree it's it's not substantial. It's substantial. I think we agree that it will not have an adverse impact on the neighborhood. I I think I noted in my comme…
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Minutes Zoning Board of Appeals Mar 17, 2026 Read →
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…
Minutes Zoning Board of Appeals Feb 17, 2026 Read →
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…
Transcript Zoning Board of Appeals Feb 17, 2026 Doug Olcott SPEAKING 0:48 →
Yeah. I'm Doug Olcott. I'm a zoning board member, and I'm I'm here to just publicly acknowledge that I am gonna have to recuse myself from this, from the this proceeding on this particular case, due to a conflict that I have.
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Minutes Zoning Board of Appeals Jan 20, 2026 Read →
VILLAGE OF CROTON-ON-HUDSON MINUTES OF THE ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS TUESDAY, JANUARY 20, 2026 PRESENT: James Tuman, Chairman Doug Olcott …
Transcript Zoning Board of Appeals Jan 20, 2026 Doug Olcott SPEAKING 10:57 →
And also what we structure closer to the principal residence. The setback, I think. Yeah. Closer to the road Yeah. Than the actual primary residence. That's what I recall. Right. And that's what we granted the variance last month for. Because I don't…
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Transcript Zoning Board of Appeals Jan 20, 2026 Doug Olcott SPEAKING 18:40 →
Yeah. I mean, you could you could just say, yes. It could. However, this particular situation makes sense for you to study. Mhmm. I think she's married. Right? Think they probably were looking at it as an attached accessory. Right. Even though the ot…
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Minutes Zoning Board of Appeals Dec 16, 2025 Read →
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…
Minutes Zoning Board of Appeals Oct 28, 2025 Read →
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…
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