Did you know that it’s illegal to park a vehicle on the dirt, even if it’s on your own property?

I didn’t know that. I see vehicles parked on the dirt all over town. Why would I think otherwise?

A few years ago I was cited and fined $50. I pleaded my case before a hearing officer and asked why I wasn’t given a warning. I was told no warning was required, although that action would’ve been decent and appropriate. Fifty dollars, please.

Flash forward to last week. I was walking up the street and observed a notice stapled to a stake protruding from the weeds in a neighbor’s front yard. It was for violating the Simi Valley Weed Abatement Municipal Code.

What I found interesting was that it was this person’s third warning since November 2006, and if they didn’t comply, they would be fined $100.

The notice also stated that in the three years prior to November 2006, they had been notified on two separate occasions, given warnings twice each of those times, and then complied. This person should fully understand the law by now, yet this third goround somehow still merits three warnings?

I want to know why they get nearly three years of warnings and we got dinged on day one. It just doesn’t make sense. Sandy Hansen Simi Valley