He was 75 when he was first cited, not 83.
He was given a chance to mitigate the code violation and he refused, which incurred a 250 per day penalty which he refused to pay.
He dragged it out for 7 years by being his own lawyer and and presumably has also not rectified the code violation.
As an aside, if he had actually fixed these cars they would not be in his back yard. He’s a hoarder.
I’d be willing to bet that he could settle this for less than the full amount.
There’s just something about this mindset of (a) he’s too old to be held accountable (b) free will/it’s his property to do what he wants with it (c) he’s just a hacker and we should be encouraging people to ignore civil law when it’s inconvenient.
It’s also likely that his dragging this through the court system for so many years has probably cost more than he owes - and when he dies or abandons the property the state will likely have to pay to clean up after him.
Sorry, bad mood rant today. All that being said, I have no skin in this game, it just touched a raw nerve.