If that's the point you want to derive.Obey tyranny and you won't have a problem?
Point taken.
There were many choices available to this guy. Go to the code enforcement section and demand a hearing to assert his property rights. Strike a blow for liberty. Write an op-ed piece in the local paper, or a manifesto. Hold demonstrations against the 'man'. Stage political theatre. Wear a sandwich board with mean statements against the code authorities. Call Jesse Jackson.
Instead he blew off the whole thing. He's not a martyr, he's just a scoff-law.
"Bum" is right. He just strengthened the system you're railing against.