DH:TP - 051 - Zoning

TJ tries to make zoning sound like Matthew McConaughey and cannot. Katie tries to connect it to Area 51, aliens, and whether 90s Will Smith could save the planet. Somehow they still deliver a genuinely useful overview of zoning: what it actually controls, how to look up your zone and find the ordinance, and what setbacks, lot coverage, and max building height mean for what you can build. Then TJ tells the story of how he and Kat bought a lot everyone said was undevelopable, and turned the front yard into the side yard to make it work. Plus a screen porch that is legally a pergola whenever anyone comes to complain.