When the latest ordinance passed on October 22, opponents gathered outside the local government offices and chanted, "Blood, blood, blood on your hands.
"A lot of stuff that's really frustrating," he said of the latest proposed ordinances, "is that we've seen all of this stuff before.
A previous ordinance, proposed two years ago by Ald.
The departing township committee also pushed through a late night ordinance on Dec. 31, 2002, that rezoned much of the township's remaining farmland to permit one house for every 10 acres, replacing zoning of one house per 3 acres.
Mr. Wood lost — 262 voted to repeal the late-night drinking ordinance, and 481 voted against the repeal.
The restrictive ordinances were only the latest in a series of creative exclusionary strategies.
Unregistered vehicles in a yard, for instance, or a chicken coop and thumping late-night music, may violate local ordinances.
The ordinance is only the latest in an ever-growing list of eye-popping, often symbolic measures that legislators here have passed in hopes of pushing animal rights and other causes onto the national stage.
In February 2014, before the height of the latest drought, the Yurok Tribal Council passed an ordinance to enforce a zero-tolerance policy, threatening growers with fines and seizures of property.
While there were problems last year with sound ordinances and low volumes for late night bass music acts, Symbiosis Gathering is still one of the best produced music festivals out there.
