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In article <20240513170449.000014ff@example.com>,
 Rhino <no_offline_contact@example.com> 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-boa
> > t-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?

People don't like to look at boats so the fence is supposed to make the 
neighborhood look better.

> 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.