Legal, Tax & Compliance
Zoning
The local rule for what a property may legally be used for.
Why you care
Zoning is the first call, before the HOA and before the lender, because it is the only one that can make the use flatly illegal no matter what everyone else says.
Worked example
Call the planning department with the parcel ID and ask: is transient rental a permitted use on this parcel? Get the answer in writing.
Taught in Zoning