Sentence examples for ordinances to keep from inspiring English sources

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.

Suburban communities (including many in St . Louis County then used exclusionary zoning ordinances to keep neighborhoods segregated -- this time by income and class.

What is needed first of all is a zoning ordinance to keep the new buildings along Sixth Avenue below four stories in height.

He said commissioners cannot enact an ordinance to keep those laws from applying in Weld County, as the original group of residents had hoped, because it violates a number of state and federal regulations.

In a move that has rankled civil libertarians, Savannah and the municipalities nearest Sea Island have adopted a new set of ordinances intended to keep public gatherings short and small.

To conclude, the aim of certain ordinances is to keep homeless people out of the council's territory.

Federal regulators are considering exorbitant down payments as a requirement for buying a home, and too many local governments are implementing restrictive ordinances designed to keep immigrants from accessing affordable and quality housing options.

After Fremont's political leaders rejected an ordinance intended to keep illegal immigrants out, residents fought back and insisted, finally getting approval in the Nebraska Supreme Court to take the matter straight to voters.

Meanwhile, city council members in El Cerrito, Calif., have unanimously approved an ordinance allowing residents to keep chickens without a conditional use permit starting in April.

A 1987 zoning ordinance was designed to keep the industry in Manhattan by setting aside 50% of leasable space for manufacturing.

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.