A boat owner in Seaside, California, has deployed art in an uproarious and novel way to protest a city ordinance dictating to him how he must park his boat on his property.
Illusionistically painted on the new white fence he was forced to build on the driveway he had to have paved is the visage of his proud vessel’s prow and trailer—literally inches away from the actual ones parked behind, now fenced off from view from the street in front of his house.
Etienne Constable is the cheeky resident responsible for sticking it to the city for their “silly laws” with his First Amendment-inspired fence mural, though a local artist was hired to tackle the task of painting.
In July 2023, city officials had ordered Mr. Constable to build a proper driveway and a 6-foot-tall fence for the boat, which had until recently been stowed on a dirt patch in his yard, Fox News reported. The decree was on pain of paying a $100 fine for non-compliance, which Mr. Constable ended up not having to shell out.
“There’s some logic to the law about not having decrepit vehicles,” he told the outlet. “And I figured, ‘This is not unsightly.’ I don’t know why they would threaten me that way.”
Hellbound and Down 