Zoning board denies shore-yard variance for new home after neighbors raise construction and setback concerns

The City of Monona Zoning Board of Appeals denied a shore-yard setback variance requested by applicants Stella and David Patton (represented at the hearing by contractor Jill Lampi) for a proposed cantilevered screened porch and open deck at the rear of a newly constructed home on the property listed in the record as 5405 (case cited as C4245/Z4-2025).

Neighbors who spoke in public comment described repeated construction impacts and urged denial. One nearby homeowner, who identified himself in the hearing record as a property owner adjacent to the site, said construction crews had repeatedly accessed his driveway without permission, left rock on his driveway, and tracked heavy equipment across his yard. He told the board he had photographic evidence of the alleged trespassing and asked the city to confirm that the house was being built within its approved property lines. He also said the subject lot was created by combining two parcels and argued that a double lot leaves no demonstrated "unique physical…