Another point for those who didn't or couldn't read the original article, and this is a quote from the article: "which he inherited from his parents in 1981, on H Street just a block from the affluent Fabulous 40s."

Those of us in the area are familiar with this area, a neighborhood of mansions on avenues whose names start with 40 i.e. 40th Ave, 41st Ave, etc. and mostly owned by elitists who look down their noses at the bourgeoisie around them...one such mansion was occupied by the, then governor, Ronnie Raygun.

Bottom line, the offending items were in "a fenced private yard" and the person who complained to the county most likely complained simply because they knew the guy was in violation of statues.