ordinance

Example Sentences

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“I abstained because I did not see sufficient evidence to justify extending this emergency ordinance, nor did I see evidence to eliminate it entirely,” Hahn said.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026

Then, as the weeks went on, the city added more: resisting arrest, violating a city ordinance about breaching the peace, and providing false information.

From Slate • May 4, 2026

So the only reasonable charge was violating the city ordinance against disturbing “the peace of others by violent, offensive or boisterous conduct or language,” but that was tacked on later, in February.

From Slate • May 4, 2026

Planning Department has estimated that passage of the ordinance, which was first proposed in 2018, would probably open up fewer than 5,500 new potential short-term rentals.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 29, 2026

Dad lay on the kitchen floor cracking jokes about an ordinance that had recently passed in our little farming village.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover