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cbg
My husband, who used to be a stringer for a baseball scout, knows more about the detail of the game than most people. He can tell you all kinds of reasons why, and history of, the most obscure rules of baseball. But even so, occasionally when I ask him why a play was called the way it was, his answer is, Because that's what it says in the rule book.
Well, guess what. Sometimes you just have to do what the rules say. As long as there is a requirement that you back into the space, you back into the space, whether you agree with the reason for the requirement or not. You can go to the City Council, or whoever is the agency in charge, and you can make your argument to them, and if you are sufficiently persuasive, they can change the rule. But there IS no I-don't-agree-with-the-reason-for-the rule exemption that will allow you to violate it with impunity.