[WA] [SFH] Inconsistent enforcement

I'm in Washington State and have lived in the same house for over ten years. I had not paid attention to the HOA for most of that time. I did get violation notices and never did much about them assuming that the letters would get progressively urgent if it was a real problem.

I recently decided to start playing nice and finally made an account on the HOA website and paid off all my backlog of fines. I called the customer service at the time to make sure it was going to be ok and they told me that they were just a management company and couldn't control anything. They also said that all my fines were originating from a single violation and that I needed to notify the HOA that it had been resolved in order to stop getting letters.

Anyway, I paid the back fines and made the changes listed though they had some vague language and now a few weeks later I got another letter indicating I was still in violation and could be fined $150 if not resolved immediately. This is 10 times more than any fine I had had previously so I don't understand the escalation. Also, the violation was for "remove garbage bins from front of property" I had moved the bin to the side of my house but they also cited "bin must not be visible from the street or other properties."

A quick walk around the block reveals that almost everyone has trash bins on the side of their houses and are visible from the street. I don't understand how they can find me for do exactly what everyone else is already doing. I'm going to call them today but I'm worried about starting a fight that will make things worse.