Perhaps appealing to the planning and zoning commission, building department, city council or filing lawsuit.

I understand anything posted here is not considered to be legal council.

That being said, zoning changes and variances are reviewed by boards appointed by the City Council and there is no guarantee the board or dissenting constituents/neighbors will agree with your request.  

It is not free, however.http://uli.org/councils/district-councils/

It's a tricky situation, but I wonder how or if it will be handled by the CREA or the RE council of BC.

City Council meeting regarding the proposal is tomorrow - September 6th at 6pm

The economic development council is outstanding.  

Please allow me to clarify why we like to meet our investors face to face prior to adding them to our distribution list.I agree with you in the fact that "explain how our contracts work" was a poor choice of words because in no way are we trying to offer you any sort of legal advice or council.

The challenge is often more physical - how to split the house; do you add-on or just carve-up, and of course, is there sufficient space for all of this.https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/boise-city-council-reduces-regulations-on-mother-in-law-suites/article_af524d2d-8bd7-5479-818b-c2ea3c67dc7f.html

The council is doing a great job with upgrades such as the overpass on the city side of the hathaway bridge (which currently has a very active train track and red-light causing tons of traffic), banning alcohol on beaches during Spring Break (this makes businesses hold more family friendly retail items which cleans up their look and act) and the addition of the new sports complex on the east end which will bring in youth sports teams and their families year round.