Q:

403 error when moving a site from production to localhost

My question is very similar to this one.
I am new to Expression Engine and CMS in general. I'm trying to change an existing live site using EE2. So I copied all the files to my local machine (WAMP) and imported the database. I added config/config.local.php with my database credentials. When I try to access the site I get a 403 Forbidden error page saying:

You don't have permission to access / on this server.
  Apache/2.4.17 (Win64) PHP/5.6.16 Server at localhost Port 8080

I have tried removing the .htaccess file from the root, but I get the same error.
What additional configuration do I have to add to move a site from production to localhost?

A:

Instead of adding a config/config.local.php, I put my database credentials in the existing config.dev.php.

