Mr. Najarian has helped many of the towns draft their ordinances to battle teen drinking.
County governments also do not have the power to enact ordinances to protect cemeteries.
Hartford is not the only municipality to apply noise ordinances to ice cream trucks.
And finally, pass city and state ordinances to outlaw rats and mice.
And Mrs. Jordan suggests researching local ordinances to see if a valid complaint exists before involving local authorities or suing.
Waterford's beach is closed to the public, but officials said they may revise their ordinances to include fees for nonresidents.
"Communities can make it easer by creating special building codes and zoning ordinances to encourage artists to come," she said.
An article on Wednesday about California ordinances to protect trees misstated the scientific name of the coast live oak.
Cities and towns keep passing ordinances to keep day laborers off the streets only to have them overturned by federal courts as violations of Constitutional rights.
Lou Barletta, the mayor of Hazleton, who pressed for the ordinances to discourage illegal immigrants from living there, said the city would appeal to the Supreme Court.
And in Georgetown, Tex., near Austin, city leaders have made a commitment to review ordinances to potentially allow chickens on smaller lots.
