So the Cop figured out a way to levy a tax on you in the name of “Safety”, and your neighbors and possibly you think that’s cool?
Not cool, no.
Creative tax? I agree.
Written into the municipal code and a violation...yes. Most fines are of the level to avoid litigation concerns.
The citation was for $25: Failure to yield when entering traffic. I paid that because the value was less than the value of my time showing up for court to argue that there was no on-coming traffic.
BTW, that was 1976.