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That $60 'historical' fine for washing my car on a Wednesday in my own driveway
My town in rural Ohio still has a law on the books that says you can't wash your car on any weekday except Saturday, and I got slapped with a $60 ticket for doing it on a Wednesday. I thought it was a joke until the code enforcement lady showed up with a citation pad. Has anyone else actually been fined for one of these ancient ordinances?
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the_brian15d ago
That $60 'historical' fine" reminds me of something that happened to a buddy of mine a couple years back. He still lived in his hometown in Pennsylvania, real small place, and he got a ticket for hanging his laundry out to dry on a Sunday. Town ordinance said no clotheslines on the Lord's day or something like that. The neighbor called it in because she thought it was an eyesore. He had to pay $50 and then spend months trying to get the town council to repeal it. They finally did after a local newspaper picked up the story and made fun of them.
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ben_lewis15d ago
Funny how small towns hold onto weird rules.
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Jumping off what you said about the neighbor calling it in, that's the part that gets me. These old laws only survive because someone with nothing better to do decides to weaponize them. Bet the same people who call in a Wednesday car wash or a Sunday clothesline are also the ones who complain about kids playing in the street or someone's grass being a half inch too tall. It's like having a dusty rulebook from 1892 gives them a license to be a busybody and the town gets to cash in on it. Did your buddy's neighbor ever apologize or just keep grumbling about property values?
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viola_lopez3015d ago
Wait, a $50 ticket for hanging laundry on a Sunday? That's wild. I thought I'd heard everything with the whole no car washing on Wednesdays thing, but a churchy clothesline law takes the cake. Honestly, I'm just glad the newspaper shamed them into dropping it, because otherwise that neighbor probably would have kept calling in every little thing forever.
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