ordinance
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Byers said at Tuesday’s City Council meeting that she would pursue amendments to the ordinance to clarify that, beyond partnerships of three or more, multiple twosomes can also be registered.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2026
Under the ordinance, all healthcare facilities will be required to allow the partners of a patient to visit, as will jails in the city’s jurisdiction.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2026
County has an ordinance in place requiring landlords in unincorporated areas to keep units from getting dangerously hot, a similar law for the city is stalled.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026
Taylor, who had been in the state Senate for a few months when the city ordinance passed, said it made the public less safe by limiting the potential for police to investigate more serious crimes.
From Salon ● Oct. 28, 2026
It deployed smoke inspectors to enforce a new antismoke ordinance.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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Camarena's company uses electric tools where they're required to, in cities with ordinances banning petrol tools.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
In 2020 Pennsylvania’s state legislature overrode local ordinances and expanded the definition of “pedestrian” to include robots weighing up to 550 pounds and traveling up to 12 miles an hour.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 18, 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
“Apparently the city ordinances don’t mean anything to them,” he says, “because their lights will be on all night.”
From "Divergent" by Veronica Roth
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