We got a citation from the city for having a unlocked freezer.
We called the inspector, told her that it was a locking freeze that was indeed locked. They came out, checked it and revoked the citation.
Guess what happened the following week?
After going around and around with them, and getting on first name terms with the code enforcement supervisor they finally quit. Then they began to find fault with our built up flower garden. Followed by the new concrete pads we had poured. It was "over standard." Who ever heard of something being cited because it was BETTER?
Finally told the code enforcement supervisor that we were seriously considering getting a lawyer because we were getting tired of the harassment.
That stopped it.
A Rite-Aid pharmacy was built in my old hometown. The town is in a FEMA declared flood plain. The building was built to a FEMA elevation specs (even though the town has not flooded in 60+ years and since levees were built in the 1950’s).
Many permits and inspections took place before and during the contruction by the city. Many.
The final inspection found the finished building too low by 3/8” of an inch per the city specs, not FEMA’s.
The brand new building sat empty for over 2 years.
Rite-Aid was not allowed to open due to a “flood risk” and being out of compliance. They were told the new building had to be removed and re-built to codes (all of which they passed earlier).
Lawyers were finally called in plus a US Congress man. The city backed down.