Yeah. The way I understand it is the intention of such laws is to avoid the situation I’m in where my neighbor has turned his yard into a junkyard right up to my property line. There are at least a dozen uninspected junk cars (among other various items of trash).

We have a law, but no one enforces it because he’s an asshole and no one wants to deal with him. I can’t afford a fence, so I don’t go outside anymore. I now completely understand why those laws exist, but they’re useless if they only enforce them on people like OP who try not to bother anyone and they think won’t throw a fit.