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Zoning Board Approves Setback Variance for 641 Plank Road Addition
Summary
The Town of Walworth Zoning Board of Appeals on July 6 approved an area variance allowing Ryan and Angela LeMay to enclose and extend a front porch at 641 Plank Road, granting setback relief subject to measurement by the building department.
The Town of Walworth Zoning Board of Appeals approved an area variance on July 6, 2026, allowing applicants Ryan and Angela LeMay to enclose and extend a front porch at 641 Plank Road and build a second-story bedroom above the new space. Chairperson Michael Kunzer read the board's Variance Determination Resolution and the board voted unanimously to approve the variance.
Ryan LeMay told the board the plan converts an existing covered porch into a room that will be "two feet longer than it currently is" and includes "a seven foot wide four foot deep landing with a roof," and that the finished work would sit about six feet closer to the road than the current porch. The application seeks relief from the Town setback requirement set out in Section 180.29; Chairperson Kunzer read the board's findings, including that "the variance requested is substantial but less than 50%." The approval is limited to the minimum relief necessary for the proposed development and is conditioned on the building department verifying the setback measurement before construction.
Board members asked construction and measurement questions during the public hearing. Mr. LeMay said the existing porch stands on wooden footers without a traditional foundation; his builder, identified in the application as Yuri of Best Construction, plans to place concrete corner footers and use 6-by-6 posts and spray foam for insulation rather than a full foundation. Mr. LeMay and his builder provided differing setback numbers: the builder measured about 74 feet to the setback line but Mr. LeMay said that measurement likely included the right-of-way and that the porch itself is close to the 54-foot mark. The board recorded the measurement discrepancy and required the building department to measure the setback "preferably before building" as a condition of the approval.
The board's motion to close the public hearing was made by Tiffany Paine-Cirrincione and seconded by Becky Appleman; the resolution authorizing the variance was adopted with recorded Aye votes from Tiffany Paine-Cirrincione, Chairperson Michael Kunzer, Becky Appleman and Christine Kubida. The meeting adjourned at 6:56 PM.
