Yes that is a shame. Maybe there should be automatic notification in situations like this?
"I look at it this way: There's the spirit of the law and the letter of the law," Cieslinski said. "The county is looking at this as the letter of the law. There's got to be a legal Latin term for "the law says this, but wait a minute, look at the extenuating circumstances.' "
Nope, sorry buddy.
It is appalling that he is painting the fence pink - if these are 300k homes, I'm surprised that there aren't zoning restrictions for that sort of thing.