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       parking on the grass (verge) - US style penalty $160000
       By: baroudeur Date: January 1, 2026, 6:29 am
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       Never complain about London two wheels on the pavement parking
       fines.
       Florida homeowner must pay more than $100,000 in outstanding
       fees for improperly parking on her own property after the
       state’s Supreme Court declined to hear her appeal that argued
       excessive fines.
       Zenaida “Sandy” Martinez initially filed a complaint against the
       city of Lantana, Fla., in February 2021, according to Circuit
       Court documents obtained by PEOPLE.
       According to the complaint, Martinez owed more than $165,000 to
       the city "for trivial code violations" — about $100,000
       primarily for parking in her driveway with two tires partially
       covering the grass, and more than $60,000 for two cosmetic
       violations. The complaint alleges that in total, the fines are
       “almost four times more than Sandy earns in an entire year.”
       According to a release from the Institute for Justice (IJ), a
       free-of-charge public interest law firm representing the
       homeowner, Martinez lives with her two driving-age children and
       her sister, who all own cars so they can get to their jobs or
       school. When all four cars are parked, “sometimes one of them
       would have two tires on the lawn.” For that, the city fined $250
       a day for 407 straight days.
       Edit: after investigating further it's actually for parking on
       her own grass instead of on the driveway.
       The cosmetic penalties appear to be for damaging her own grass!
       Florida has weird parking regulations.
       #Post#: 104226--------------------------------------------------
       Re: parking on the grass (verge) - US style penalty $160000
       By: Southpaw82 Date: January 1, 2026, 10:01 am
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       Sounds like some weird small-town ordinances.
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