It has nothing to do with LAW. City and its streets belongs to its PEOPLE, not to a handful of high level officials to to be used for their personal enrichment or to cover and compensate for their economic mismanagement and incompetence.
Law - is something that is good for all society, not for a chosen few at expense of the majority.
And of course, the chief arbitor as to what belongs to the people and what laws are fair or not should be an extrano who apparently can't keep track of the keys to his apartment.