A Californian man with a bone to pick with officials has found it's nothing a lick of paint can't fix.
Etienne Constable was ordered by officials to build a fence to cover his boat parked in the driveway of his Seaside home.
Constable has lived in the same house for nearly three decades - and for many of those years, his boat has sat in the driveway with no issue.
However, in July last year he was sent a letter which threatened a $100 fine if he failed to comply with a rule for boats and trailers to be 'screened on the side and front by a six-foot-high fence'.
So, when the peculiar notice was raised, instead of an angry response, Constable decided to opt for something a little more creative.
"I thought, 'This is ridiculous', and my first reaction was to leave a nasty, nasty message at the city hall," he told The Washington Post.
"And then I thought, well, I might as well build a screen… I'll do what they want, but I'm not going to do it their way.
"We kind of hit the sweet spot between following the rules and making an elegant statement to the contrary."
Constable's neighbour, Hanif Panni, is a muralist and graphic artist - so the pair brainstormed ideas and came up with a cunning idea to paint the fishing boat, named Might as Well, on the fence.
"We wanted to make an illusion," Panni, whose artist name is Hanif Wondir, said.
The painting took four days to complete.
Then, with Constable's permission, Panni shared the finished work on social media and it quickly went viral with people sharing their thoughts.
One person, who identified themselves as being a New Zealander, commented that the artwork was "epic".
"The bureaucracy associated from your local council was ridiculous. Great response and looks fantastic!" the Kiwi admirer added.
"I love the pettiness. Amazing," another said.
Meanwhile, someone else asked the artist: "I love everything about this. Can you paint my boat to look like a fence?"
"One of the reasons why I do public art, and art in general, is to inspire those conversations," Panni said.
And even officials aren't mad at the response.
Seaside's acting city manager Nick Borges said it was "pretty creative" and gave him a laugh.
Borges said that after years of complaints that the city was too relaxed about code enforcement, Seaside hired someone to enforce its codes - hence the letters sent to residents.
He said Constable's case was closed out in November, when the fence - at that point, without the mural - was spotted.
"We're not taking any action… The only action I'm going to take is a high five, and that's it."
