This is government. "Hi, I work for the government how can I ruin your day"
LOL
In another unrelated matter...
I have a commercial rental property that used to have a driveway that went to a garage. No way to get through the property before.
But I tore down the garage to make room for parking. Then I added class-5 rock over the grass. The drive is still there, still my property. People can now drive through to the real alley, like a loop.
The City inspector came by and said to everyone parked in my driveway "This is an alley, you all have to move. What if there was a fire".
Well, when my neighbor asked "Is the city going to plow it then", he shut up.
Government officials. If they only knew half as much as they thought they did.... And if they had any clue to how the private sector works, we could get by with 10% of what we have now.