ordinance
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The massive Wilmington oil field near the port lies mainly beneath Long Beach, which is not covered by the city’s ordinance.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 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
As part of the board-approved resolution, DWP will review and develop recommendations to update its electricity rate ordinance and better educate ratepayers about their bills.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026
Taylor’s intervention suggests “that Memphis voters don’t know what their best interests are,” said Martavius Jones, who was chair of the Memphis City Council when the city ordinance passed.
From Salon ● Oct. 28, 2026
Dad said they’d been behind the city ordinance limiting dog ownership to two dogs per family.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
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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
Rather, it has a patchwork of municipal and county zoning ordinances, with some — including in the cities of Burbank and Culver City and Alameda County — requiring buffer zones.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 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
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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