On 23 March the legislature gathered in an emergency session to squash Charlotte's ordinance change.
The ordinance change was inspired by a struggle between Rob Miller, a brewer interested in opening a "pico brewery" called Dangerous Man Brewing in Northeast Minneapolis, and the church of Saints Cyril and Methodius Church, located across the street from the brewery's proposed location.
The ordinance was changed to allow costumes, and Mr. Groh, who is known as Cab Elvis, agreed to drop his lawsuit.
Since 1999, when the local zoning ordinance was changed to allow residential conversion of older office buildings, more than 15,000 units of housing have been built or are under construction downtown, said Carol E. Schatz, the president of the Los Angeles Downtown Center Business Improvement District.
A proposed ordinance could change or clarify the city's code to help preserve such historic, non-conforming signs.
For over 30 years, the art ordinance has changed the cultural landscapes of communities around the city by commissioning site-specific projects in a variety of mediums.
Where I live -- Los Angeles, the nation's second-largest media market -- an average half-hour of local news packs all its local government coverage -- including stories about the budget, law enforcement, education, layoffs, new ordinances, personnel changes, city and county actions on health care, transportation and immigration and more -- into 22 seconds.
However, the underlying demographics and zoning ordinances both change over time, a process we were unable to capture using this approach.
On March 8th yet another court ruled against the PdL, saying that a government ordinance could not change regional law.
