Putting up a shop in CA - fire department being a pain

Hire a good lawyer and have him tell them to go F@@k themselves. That would not fly where we live in Illinois. The only time we ever had the government try and infringe upon our constitutional right to freedom and privacy was when the city said we had too many cars. This was an ordinance "violation" that was not passed by a referendum of popular vote but rather by a small-town board. I had to threaten to sue the city board members individually and as a result they would have to pay their own attorney fees. That was the last I heard of it and we bought 2 more cars!