Sentence examples for passing ordinances 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.

Senator Graham's pending bill would provide federal financing for local initiatives to combat Ecstasy use, giving priority to communities "passing ordinances restricting rave clubs" and "seizing lands under nuisance abatement laws to make new restrictions on an establishment's use".

But now in Arkansas, where a bill to stop municipalities from passing ordinances to protect the LGBT community is almost certain to become law, national business leaders are keeping mum.

The current American style of real-estate development — expanding horizontally, taking over rural areas, mallifying farmland, leaving only the soggy places and creek beds and river valleys more or less the same, and then passing ordinances prohibiting the discharge of firearms in the new municipalities — suits the hogs just fine.

Rejecting a plan to turn it into a series of luxury condominiums, Sanders also worked to preserve public housing by passing ordinances that made it harder for developers to evict tenants, and created a community land trust to allow residents to purchase their units.

The Township Council serves as Teaneck's governing body, setting policies and passing ordinances.

Last year, the cities of San Francisco and Santa Monica passed ordinances banning the surcharges.

They passed ordinances that prevented piano enthusiasts from practicing at night.

Many have enforced — or passed — ordinances that critics say criminalize homelessness.

Some cities, including Washington, San Francisco and Santa Cruz, Calif., have passed ordinances banning discrimination based on looks.

Municipalities in Monmouth, Morris, Sussex, Essex and Gloucester Counties have all passed ordinances or resolutions prohibiting the feeding of geese.