Sentence examples for ordinance like from inspiring English sources

Would an ordinance like the one in Beverly Hills have made a difference?

"I've seen some humdingers, but never any ordinance like this," said Mark Hayes, general counsel for the Arkansas Municipal League, an organization for towns and cities.

Officers responding to complaints often arrive after lawn crews have finished, or discover that the noise was coming from a machine not covered by the ordinance, like a weed trimmer.

With an ordinance like one fining the operators of opium dens, for example, the police could harass Chinese immigrants for their own profit or be tempted with bribes to look the other way.

Do we want to add the federal government to this list?" Most supporters of the Washington law argued that Congress was interfering with self-government in a way it would never try for another locale that had adopted a similar ordinance, like San Diego, New York, Chicago, Atlanta or San Francisco.

"The irony is, we did something long ago so we would have a voice, have a say in our community, and then we get an ordinance like this 150 years later," said Donald Anderson, 54, a machinist who is president of the group.

As the county supervisor who pressed for the ordinance, Jeff Stone, likes to put it: "You do the crime, you will serve the time, and now you will also pay the dime".

For the time being, such efforts generally rely on strong local ordinances like those in Bradley Beach.

Should Connecticut towns be allowed to create local ordinances like Westport does, which prohibits hunting and trapping?

Local landmark ordinances, like Bellport's, are needed to protect historic buildings from actions taken by private owners, Dr. MacKay said.

Neil J. Donovan, the executive director of the National Coalition for the Homeless, said the state was one of many trying to deal with the homeless through ordinances, like the one barring tents, rather than programs to create housing.