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ordinance

[awr-dn-uhns] / ˈɔr dn əns /


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On Tuesday, the ordinance passed a final vote, and the next day Durham began unplugging and putting plastic bags over the county’s cameras.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 17, 2026

County ordinance number appears in the lower right.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 9, 2026

City Council’s economic development and jobs committee late last month approved the ordinance, which also would establish a mandatory six-hour paid training to educate workers on minimum wage laws and other labor protections.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 8, 2026

A Shinjuku official supervising holiday rentals told AFP that the district was "planning to revise the current ordinance... to ban private lodging" in residential zones and areas near schools.

From Barron's Sep. 7, 2026

Bitter local officials pushed through an ordinance banning automobiles from the Stanford campus and all tourist areas, effectively exiling them from the city.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand

The restaurant, already in need of updating for health ordinances and building codes, shuttered for a three-year renovation.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 9, 2026

Camarena's company uses electric tools where they're required to, in cities with ordinances banning petrol tools.

From BBC Aug. 20, 2026

As the ecology director at the nonprofit Climate Revolution Action Network, the 20-year-old has helped put a stop to multiple data centers across New Jersey and pushed for ordinances to ban their construction altogether.

From Salon Jun. 12, 2026

Rules required minimum lot sizes of 5,750 square feet for single-family homes, and strict single-family zoning ordinances were criticized for creating sprawl.

From Barron's May 31, 2026

It was a place for marriages and sacred ordinances, not an everyday churchgoing experience.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel




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