Doug Olcott
Person
ZBA Board Member
80 mentions
· in our records since Mar 17, 2026
Background
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:
- ZBA Interprets Animal Code: Fowl Means Any Bird, Split Vote on Coop Setbacks 2026-06-16
- ZBA Grants Front Setback Variance for Irving Avenue Addition and Fence Height Variance for Young Avenue Corner Property 2026-05-19
- 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
Bill Goldsmith
Ethan Lewis
James Tuman
Daron Weber
public hearing
Len Simon
Matt Berger
Christine Wagner
dormer addition
Noelle Sirico
Joseph Arnow
Maria Slippen
Appearances (17 most notable of 80)
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 …
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.…
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…
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…
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…
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.
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…
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 …
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…
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…
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.
VILLAGE OF CROTON-ON-HUDSON
MINUTES OF THE ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS
TUESDAY, JANUARY 20, 2026
PRESENT: James Tuman, Chairman
Doug Olcott
…
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…
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…
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…