Code Violation timeline

[Marcus Johnson]

On December 10, 2014 I had an inspection done on the duplex I purchased back in May 2014 by the City of Minneapolis due to a change in ownership.  The inspector passed the interior, but he said that I should paint the garage and the exterior of the house, but to not worry that I would have 5 years to complete that.   When I get home from vacation there is a letter in the mail from the city stating a code violation and that the city requires me to paint the garage and house by May 31st, 2015.   Not sure if they know it, but that leaves me almost no time to get the job done since we live in Minnesota and last year it snowed until May and then rained until the end of June.  

So I called the inspector and the city and after numerous calls he finally returned one of mine and left a voicemail that if I'm unable to get it done by that time period they will automatically extend the deadline.  My first question is what are they thinking when they give a deadline such as that when really it leaves me like 2 weeks to get it done and that since May and June are so rainy why wouldn't they give me until July or August?   Do they think I'm going to paint in January, February, March or even April?   Anyone have experience with the City of Minneapolis?