Have the code Nazis hit on your car?

Mr.Ed said
Give that a try and let us know how that works out for ya. If a code, ordinance or law is a significant source of revenue, there's no way they're going to change it.

I have, and it worked. It wasn't about trashing a neighborhood, or a block, though. It was about letting inner city children getting some play time during the summer with opened water hydrants. It used to be against the law. PERIOD. Now, under supervision and with a permit, hydrants can be opened with a sprinkler added to it for children to play in under Supervision, and on streets that have been closed to traffic on prearranged and scheduled days and times.

Meanwhile, how can anyone justify coming on your land and stealing your belongings?

No one justifies theft. PERIOD.

If you are in violation, the municipality must send a letter stating the offense and give you the opportunity to correct it yourself before they take action. Codes or no codes, they can't just show up and take what belongs to you off your property, especially on the whim of some a-hole neighbor.

I've never even heard of a town, city, or country doing that. Most likely notification was sent and either, accidentally discarded, or just ignored. Citizens of most municipalities, and counties are protected from such abuse. However, even if they screw up, that doesn't excuse the violation, and you are still required to comply with code. One screw up doesn't amount to a pass for code violation. You have a civic duty to keep up your end of the bargain.

Remember, if you are in violation of code, you are the problem, not the person making the complaint. You might not like that, and come up with so anti-social rhetoric about what your gonna do, but the bottom line is you are the one causing the violation, no one else. At that point it's time to get over the baby-crap and man up.

I have a pretty good collection o f crap, myself, but I don't use it as lawn art because or code. As a result everything is indoors. Either in my garages, my shop, or a storage facility.

Whether you live in a gated neighborhood or out in the county, there is probably a code that applies to you. Whether you've gotten cited for a code violation or not, if you are in violation, you are subject to whatever consequence is slated. If you are cited, it's your fault. Not the person making the complaint, not the authority acting on the complaint. It's you.