But she also points out to people when they are violating ordinances against smoking, noise, sidewalk encampments, and lying or sitting on the pavement (different from San Francisco's proposed citywide ban, sidewalk sitting is prevented only in some areas, not the whole city).
Pity the poor writer who comes at grammar armed only with common sense and a knowledge of what English writers have done in the past -- they're liable to be busted for violating ordinances they couldn't possibly have been aware of.
Families living in motels are often violating ordinances on the number of people who can stay in one room and the length of time they can stay there.
David Simpson, the mayor's director of communications, insists that Mr. Zherka wantonly violated ordinances and adds, "The mayor has thicker skin than to be bothered by what the publisher of a second-rate propaganda newspaper has to say about him".
Since the crackdown began last weekend, the police have issued 84 citations and arrested 4 people for violating the ordinance, said Detective Bobby Hernandez, the spokesman for the police department.
Wayne DeAngelo, the senior union official on the site, was fined for violating an ordinance preventing the display of banners, streamers and inflatable signs.
Juvenile court officials say relatively few students were charged with violating the ordinance before 1995, when Toledo police officers were assigned to secondary schools.
For example, residents cannot have contractors do work on their homes; some homeowners have even been prosecuted for violating the ordinance.
Since the law took effect last July ,15 to 20 young men have been charged with violating the ordinance, defense lawyers say.
Ms. Bruss, the schools spokeswoman, said it was the Toledo district's policy that students be charged with violating the ordinance only as a last resort.
