Editing Dunedin, Florida (section)

===Controversy===
Dunedin has been accused of draconian fining of its residents. In one case, it sued a former resident to collect over a hundred thousand dollars for yard and swimming pool maintenance.<ref name=house>{{cite web | title=A Florida woman was fined $100,000 for a dirty pool and overgrown grass. When do fines become excessive? | website=Yahoo Finance | date=2018-08-26 | url=https://finance.yahoo.com/news/florida-woman-fined-100-000-101646606.html | access-date=2019-10-16}}</ref> There are cases where the city has charged tens of thousands of dollars over uncut grass or aesthetic city code violations.<ref>{{cite web | title=Florida Man Faces Foreclosure Due To Big Fines For Uncut Grass | first=Michael |last=Berry | date=2019-05-14 | url=https://ktrh.iheart.com/featured/michael-berry/content/2019-05-14-florida-man-faces-foreclosure-due-to-big-fines-for-uncut-grass/ | access-date=2019-10-16}}</ref> The city has a $250 to $500 per day accruing violation policy per city code § 22-79(d).<ref>{{cite web | title=Chapter 22 - Code Enforcement | website=Municode Library | url=https://library.municode.com/fl/dunedin/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=SPAGEOR_CH22COEN_ARTIIIENPR_S22-79FILI | access-date=2019-10-16}}</ref> "In 5½ years, the city has collected nearly $3.6&nbsp;million in fines, sometimes tens of thousands at a time, for violating laws that prohibit grasses taller than 10 inches, recreational vehicles parked on streets at certain hours or sidings and bricks that don't match."<ref name = house/> The case was dropped about a month after it was initiated (in 2019) due to intense national scrutiny over the matter.<ref>{{cite web | title=Florida city, under fire for imposing massive fines on homeowners, drops lawsuit against woman | website=USA TODAY | date=2019-08-27 | url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2019/08/27/dunedin-florida-drops-lawsuit-against-woman-over-code-violation-fines/2128866001/ | access-date=2021-04-29}}</ref>