Sentence examples for ordinances a from inspiring English sources

In a 6-1 vothe the City Council approved last Tuesday one of the nation's most comprehensive "ban-the-box" ordinances, a reference to the criminal history box on job applications.

In the spring of 1320 he took part in an embassy to Pope John XXII in Avignon, where the mission was to absolve the king of his oath to uphold the Ordinances, a set of restrictions imposed on royal authority by the baronage.

When pushed to amend a state RFRA proposal in Georgia to make clear that it could not be used against anti-discrimination ordinances, a Georgia legislator admitted that one of the reasons for the bill was to allow it to be invoked by the small business owner who had religious objections to providing services to an LGBT couple.

He was hanged to death in 1979 by Military General Zia ul Haq who went on to promulgate the infamous Hudud Ordinances-a man who was bent on Islamicizing the country after the "corruption" and "immorality" of the Bhutto years.

Created by municipal ordinance, a Special Improvement District encompasses a section of downtown.

In his remarks, McCrory called the Charlotte ordinance "a solution in search of a problem".

Alderman Eugene Schulter (47th Ward) has proposed a two-year moratorium on enforcing the ordinance, a measure that requires City Council approval.

The new ordinance, a device for thwarting vagrancy and street crime that bans sitting or lying on sidewalks, applies citywide.

A statement issued today by the state gun association called the ordinance "a piece of feel-good legislation".

"So if it's a land-use ordinance, a challenge based on the commerce clause of the Constitution will probably fail," he said.

Last month, James E. Johnson, the federal monitor overseeing Westchester's compliance with the settlement, accepted a model ordinance — a template for obtaining land use approvals — that local governments can follow.