ordinance
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The sales tax will continue unless it’s repealed by voters, according to the ordinance.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 12, 2026
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
Mazariegos has said all the ordinance does is shuffle people around, and instead the focus should be on addressing addiction and mental health issues.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 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
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
Instead of limiting the number of animals, cities could make ordinances to keep people from hoarding chickens in living rooms.
From "Bone Gap" by Laura Ruby
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