“Mr.

Callahan, I am genuinely sorry,” Wayne stated hesitantly.

“However, once an official complaint is filed, our department must enforce the rules.

Local ordinance states that agricultural cultivation exceeding a quarter acre in a designated residential zone requires a special land permit.

You have roughly half an acre here, and there is no permit on file.”

“I have never needed a permit before,” Dad noted mildly.

“My father worked this garden before me, and his father worked it before him.”