u/Leading-Link615

Hello, at the end of February when my friends and I went on a weekend trip to Big Bear we rented an airBNB that offered parking in the garage and the driveway. The driveway parking was parallel to the street because of how short it was. The next morning I recieved a ticket for "parking during snow conditions" with the listed citation as 10.12.030 however doing some research the citation is for parking on the public street. The ticket amount was $400 as well even though all the signs around the town say $150 fine for street parking. I submitted an appeal explaining that I was parked on private property and that our airBNB host told us we could park in the drive way parallel to the street. It took them over a month to process the appeal and they rejected it saying my reasoning was "invalid". I've called two different departments now to inquire and they both couldn't do anything and had no idea where to call even for me to get proper reasoning or an appeal. Does anybody know where I can call or will I have to make the 3 hour drive again to speak to them in person?