RED TAPE. 
Nobody likes it, but sometimes you just have to deal with it.

Our hero in this encounter is the Bossman J-Dawg himself who made a special trip to city hall to sign an affidavit that our basement and garage were not going to be used as independent living quarters.  

THAT IS ALL IT TOOK!

🙄

(too bad the builder wasn't competent enough to foresee this)