A pair of well-known businesses in Walker Township, one in existence and the other looking to make a return to past glory, are set to have their plans reviewed.

The township's zoning hearing board is scheduled to meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday, at which time there will also be a reorganization of the board, and the appointment of a new board chairperson.Also on the docket will be the application of LVE Inc., doing business as Koch's Turkey Farm, a commercial turkey packing operation at 416 Valley Road, Tamaqua.The business has requested a variance from minimum side yard requirements of a section of the township's zoning ordinance.As part of their proposal, one side yard would have a distance of 40 feet instead of the required 100 feet, and a variance from expansion of nonconforming use requirements of a section of the zoning ordinance. The expansion would exceed 25 percent of the area occupied by this use at the effective date of the ordinance.Additionally, the proposed expansion would violate the side yard requirements of a section of the ordinance, which violates the requirement that any structure added to a nonconforming building must comply with the applicable area regulations of the zoning district.The second case the board will entertain is the application of Leiby's Dairy Inc., 116 Mountain Road, Tamaqua.Leiby's has requested a special exception under a section of the ordinance to expand the existing nonconforming use of the property as an ice cream manufacturing plant; a variance from a section of the zoning ordinance to allow for an expansion of the existing nonconforming in excess of 25 percent of the area occupied by the use at the time of the effective date of the zoning ordinance; and a variance from a section of the ordinance to allow for a maximum of 40 percent impervious coverage upon the parent tract.Founded and opened in 1965, Leiby's closed its doors in 2007.Last year, members of the Leiby family acquired the building and began renovations in hopes of reopening the Ice Cream House.The business had hoped to be open by Easter, but has yet to do so.