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Delavan cottage owners seek small rear-yard and side-yard variance after energy easement reduced usable lot
Summary
Barbara Touche and James Walsh asked the board for an 18-inch rear-yard variance and clarification on a 3.9-foot side-yard condition after discovering a 12-foot utility easement on their Delavan cottage lot; the Town of Delavan and nearby neighbors submitted support letters.
Barbara Touche and James Walsh told the Walworth County Board of Adjustment on March 12 that We Energies placed a 12-foot easement that substantially reduced the usable area of their property at 1502 State Street in Delavan, and they asked for a small variance to extend interior living space for a main-floor bedroom and bath.
Touche said the cottage—built in 1904 and purchased in February 2010—was narrow and that the easement runs the whole length of the house and diagonally through the driveway and across the yard. "This easement is unique because it does not cross every…
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