Sentence examples for ordinance up from inspiring English sources

The farmers were pleasantly surprised that when the town council put the ordinance up for a vote, 75 people showed up, but not one to protest.

Citing a media frenzy, he declined to testify against a Fairness Ordinance up before the City Council in my adopted and beloved hometown of Lincoln, Neb.

Extremists put the ordinance up for majority vote.

"We spent a good while talking about whether to give $3,000 to our local library," says Heather, "and I was sitting there thinking 'Whoa, this is a tough crowd.' But then when the ordinance came up, it was another unanimous vote.

While Emanuel pledged in February that he would "make sure the ordinance puts up a 'not wanted' sign in the City of Chicago as it relates to petcoke," a spokesman for the mayor told the Tribune the exemption was necessary because "we do not want to preclude companies who use petcoke in their manufacturing processes from locating in the city".

Eventually a code of etiquette (coupled with city ordinances) caught up with the technology, and it is rare now for anyone not in a car to "share" his or her music.

Earlier in its development, it was a catalyst for the passage of a 2009 Seattle ordinance that set up a pilot program offering new flexibility in the city's land use code for up to 12 potential "living buildings".

The town's ordinance also set up a five-person panel to mediate disputes that arise.

The ordinance will go up for a second reading in January on its way to passage and will be enacted 30 days later.

Well, even the mayor who gave Chicago the "sit down and shut up" ordinance knows enough to keep that story out of the national press.

If the ordinance does end up on the November ballot, and fails, that could seriously hinder economic development in the city.