Wu takes aim at Boston's zoning code, setting the stage for a potentially tedious but consequential reform battle

Boston homeowners have notoriously sharp elbows for keeping new developments — especially big apartment buildings — out of their neighborhoods.

For decades, they've been aided by a uniquely complex zoning code that Mayor Michelle Wu now seeks to overhaul.

We preview the potential fight ahead with the Boston Globe's Catherine Carlock, Marc Draisen of the Metropolitan Area Planning Council, and Chris Dempsey, formerly of the state Department of Transportation.