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In article <v1u2m7$3n232$2@dont-email.me>,
 moviePig <nobody@nowhere.com> wrote:

> On 5/13/2024 5:04 PM, Rhino wrote:
> > On Mon, 13 May 2024 20:49:19 -0000 (UTC)
> > "Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com> wrote:
> > 
> >> I'm guessing that Seaside California is on the ocean and lots of
> >> residents own boats?
> >>
> >> A man had his boat on his property. He was told that municipal code
> >> required him to install a 6 foot tall fence around it to comply with
> >> code.
> >>
> >> He built the fence then painted a realistic mural of a boat on the
> >> fence.
> >>
> >> Man strikes back against Seaside order with boat mural
> >> by Torstein Rehn
> >> KSBW-TV News Channel 8
> >> Updated: 1:22 PM PDT May 13, 2024
> >> https://www.ksbw.com/article/man-strikes-back-against-seaside-order-with-bo
> >> at-mural/60749038
> > 
> > I didn't see anything in the article explaining WHY he had to have a
> > fence around his boat. Is this a case of "Because we said so!" or is
> > there a sensible reason for the policy?
> > 
> > As for the fence he built, it's brilliant! We should all do that when
> > faced with unjust laws and rules: either fight them (if we can) or mock
> > them.
> 
> A mural of a boat is likely less of an eyesore than an actual boat.  And 
> if somehow it weren't, it probably runs afoul of other community codes.

But community codes are subordinate to the 1st Amendment. A boat isn't 
speech but a mural of a boat *is* speech and community codes will have 
to do a lot of heavy lifting to overcome the law's heavy presumption in 
favor of protecting speech.