Dave I think a direct fone call to the Chief would be in order. I'd tell him you're paying the ticket but want to bring this to his attention. At the worst he's going to tell you tough luck. At the best they may tear up the ticket. And I'm betting if you tell him your going to call the town clerk for a clarification of the exact ruling of where the sign belongs that the next time you go down there the sign is reset and moved to it's proper place...
They have to have a exact location listed in the town laws of where that sign belongs they can't just arbitrarily stick a sign anywhere...
Allow me to add my .02 cents here Dave!!! I got a %$%$%$%$in ticket too!!! 1st for having my vehicle parked in the "wrong direction"!!!!!! OK...shame on me....$15 for that......my bad!!!! I will pay that as its my bad......been parking there just like that for 10 years too.....never a problem, cops always stop ask me how the fishing is......never a word of a problem from them!!! Well.....they also wrote me up for an additional $20 for "parking in a no parking zone"......but I was not in a no parking zone!!!!! I am about as friggin fum ing mad as I can get right now!!!! So tomorrow I am going to take some pictures of the spot and take them to the police station and give them my .02 cents!!! For what that will be worth I don't know but I am pissed off!!!! I have a good relationship with the gentleman that owns the house in front of which I park and he has no problem with me parking there!!!!! He even said to my buddy this morning (he did not know I got a ticket there last night) that we should just park in front of his house!!!!!! Slow night is right........what a pain in the ass!!!!!!
I will be fighting the "Parked in a no parking zone" portion of my ticket!!!!! Pisses me off they want to start charging us for a permit to fish the salt and we can't even get anywhere near the friggin water!!!!! SOB's!!!!!