Can you provide the interpretations you found on the website? Those are important, as is who was doing the interpreting.
The good news is that nobody gets to actually decide what it means except for a court. The other good news is that your first interpretation (that it’s impossible to present an obstacle when there’s no snow removal) isn’t a strained reading at all. The bad news is neither is the other reading.
The other bad news is that if the people interpreting it are supposed to be administering it, the court will likely give their interpretation a lot of weight. The other bad news is that in order to get a court to decide what it means, you’re going to have to get ticketed/towed and then dispute the meaning of the ordinance—the court isn’t going to just chime in.
You could also just ask the county commissioners and / or sheriff what they think it means. Whatever the dude knocking on your door told you is probably really irrelevant.
The interesting thing is that if I remember your quiet get togethers, it seems like maybe the county is using this law as a way to police / harass behavior entirely foreign to anything related to snow removal. If that’s the case, and your challenge to its enforcement comes up in that context, you’re going to paint a pretty sympathetic picture for a court.
Well, I guess the “interpretations” I have run across on the web are more accurately characterized as synopses of the ordinance, taking the critical bits and reiterating them. At any rate, your final point is the real kicker here, as my area, formerly referred to as “Downtown Mountainaire” has been newly designated as the “Mountainaire Projects”. We have become, due to some negligent and impudent neighbors, a favorite stopping grounds for the five-oh. Of course, the new law in the neighborhood also finds it in his best interest to regularly open the door to the kitchen at the local watering hole clearly marked “Employees Only” unannounced.
booyah
Dec 7, 09:29 PM #
Can you provide the interpretations you found on the website? Those are important, as is who was doing the interpreting.
The good news is that nobody gets to actually decide what it means except for a court. The other good news is that your first interpretation (that it’s impossible to present an obstacle when there’s no snow removal) isn’t a strained reading at all. The bad news is neither is the other reading.
The other bad news is that if the people interpreting it are supposed to be administering it, the court will likely give their interpretation a lot of weight. The other bad news is that in order to get a court to decide what it means, you’re going to have to get ticketed/towed and then dispute the meaning of the ordinance—the court isn’t going to just chime in.
You could also just ask the county commissioners and / or sheriff what they think it means. Whatever the dude knocking on your door told you is probably really irrelevant.
The interesting thing is that if I remember your quiet get togethers, it seems like maybe the county is using this law as a way to police / harass behavior entirely foreign to anything related to snow removal. If that’s the case, and your challenge to its enforcement comes up in that context, you’re going to paint a pretty sympathetic picture for a court.
Jeff
Dec 8, 09:02 AM #
Well, I guess the “interpretations” I have run across on the web are more accurately characterized as synopses of the ordinance, taking the critical bits and reiterating them. At any rate, your final point is the real kicker here, as my area, formerly referred to as “Downtown Mountainaire” has been newly designated as the “Mountainaire Projects”. We have become, due to some negligent and impudent neighbors, a favorite stopping grounds for the five-oh. Of course, the new law in the neighborhood also finds it in his best interest to regularly open the door to the kitchen at the local watering hole clearly marked “Employees Only” unannounced.
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