County says I have too many cars. HELP!, What can I do to get around this? Options

[bondo]

I got a letter saying that I have too many cars visible from the street. not parked on the street, just VISIBLE. In my own fricken DRIVEWAY! They say the limit is 2 per residence.. that's right, TWO. This is a three bedroom house, with enough driveway space to park 7 cars. It's an unincorporated part of the San Luis Obispo County called Los Osos. It's somewhat rural with no sidewalks and not even all the streets are paved. Somehow having cars in my driveway is a blight to the neighborhood? Come on. My first instinct is to build a giant sign that says "The county says I can only have two vehicles visible from the street, so I built this sign to hide them" and then put the cars behind it. Then when they complain about the sign I can claim freedom of speech. My dad owns the house (we pay rent), so there's no chance of getting evicted. Any suggestions how I can fight this? (the letter was actually sent to my dad) I moved here specifically to avoid this sort of ordinance that cities typically have.. who knew the county would come after me?

I'm pissed! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/headbang.gif)

--Royce
(6 cars and a 914)
(two are temporary)

[lapuwali]

Jake, all respect, but if your impressions of CA were formed entirely in San Diego County (which I'd expect was so if you were a jarhead), then you haven't seen most of California. There are plenty of places here, still, where you can own a good-sized plot of land and not even hear your neighbors, let alone see them. I have friends who live in the Sierras who have thier phone line nailed to the nearest oak tree (this is an actual phone company regulation). There are counties in the far north half the size of Georgia with 5% of the population. Nobody bothers you up there.

It's all down to the neighborhood. I deliberately bought a house in what I call a plumbers and electricians area. Upper blue collar. The guy at the end of the street has two box trucks and a tow truck parked in front of his house regularly. Next door, the neighbor has three trucks and a jeep, all parked outside. No one complains about my 914 and two Minis. No one complains about satellite dishes, or going an extra week w/o cutting the lawn, or ...

I have, however, had neighbors in the Midwest (St. Louis: 12 years) whine because my grass was too high, or I had a rusty car in the drive with flat tires. There are nosy assholes all over. They're hardly unique to California.