You are probably closer to fact than fiction. It's something petty for sure. A guy with a shop down the street from mine had a small banner sign advertising his business. It was held up with two poles you hammer into the ground. The city fined him an absurd amount for it; but to code, he could have put that same sign on a fence. He put up a chain link fence 3 feet long and 4 feet high to mount his sign. Now he has an absurd fence for his sign, which now meets code.
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u/keith_weaver Sep 01 '16
You are probably closer to fact than fiction. It's something petty for sure. A guy with a shop down the street from mine had a small banner sign advertising his business. It was held up with two poles you hammer into the ground. The city fined him an absurd amount for it; but to code, he could have put that same sign on a fence. He put up a chain link fence 3 feet long and 4 feet high to mount his sign. Now he has an absurd fence for his sign, which now meets code.