MILAN, Ohio - The village has told the family of a 9-year-old boy who uses a wheelchair to tear down a ramp outside their home because it's too close to a street.

        The ramp is 2 feet too close, said Larry Smith, zoning inspector and street superintendent for the village about 55 miles southeast of Toledo. The ramp should be 35 feet behind their property line.

        “No one knew we had to get a permit to build a ramp for a boy who cannot walk,” said family friend Terry Gran.

        Mr. Smith said he has never been asked by the Risners for a variance that could allow them to keep the ramp. The zoning board would decide whether to grant such a request.

        The boy's mother, Laura Risner, said she told Mr. Smith and building inspector John Zimmerman they were planning to build a ramp.

        But while Jeremy and his mother were on a vacation, a church group and an accounting firm built the ramp in front of the home.

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