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a rule of conduct or action laid down by a governing authority and especially a legislature
a local ordinance forbids all street parking during snowstorms
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Recent Examples of ordinances
Chula Vista, Coronado, Poway, San Marcos and Santee adopted ordinances last year to prohibit e-bikes for children younger than 12, and a pilot program under Assembly Bill 2234 beefed up e-bike laws.
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Caleb Lunetta,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
25 June 2026
Other capital region law enforcement agencies have also taken steps to address the increase in incidents involving electric bikes and motorcycles, issuing citations or adopting local ordinances governing their use.
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Sean Campbell,
Sacbee.com,
23 June 2026
Sleeping overnight in a parked car in Fort Worth may violate the city’s parking limits or camping ordinances.
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Ella Gonzales,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
23 June 2026
Before then, such cases were prosecuted under a patchwork of local ordinances that varied across the country.
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Hanako Montgomery,
CNN Money,
22 June 2026
Through these referendums, voters can weigh in on construction bans, tax incentives and zoning ordinances.
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Rachel Mural,
Fortune,
21 June 2026
City officials later asked Gefre to help rewrite local ordinances so legitimate massage businesses could get licensed more easily.
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Tyler Quattrin,
Twin Cities,
19 June 2026
Through these referendums, voters can weigh in on construction bans, tax incentives and zoning ordinances.
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Rachel Mural,
The Conversation,
18 June 2026
The counties of San Mateo, Alameda, Santa Clara, and Santa Cruz have non-cooperation policies or ordinances on the books.
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Sierra Lopez,
Mercury News,
15 June 2026
Caleb Lunetta,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
25 June 2026
Other capital region law enforcement agencies have also taken steps to address the increase in incidents involving electric bikes and motorcycles, issuing citations or adopting local ordinances governing their use.
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Sean Campbell,
Sacbee.com,
23 June 2026
Sleeping overnight in a parked car in Fort Worth may violate the city’s parking limits or camping ordinances.
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Ella Gonzales,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
23 June 2026
Before then, such cases were prosecuted under a patchwork of local ordinances that varied across the country.
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Hanako Montgomery,
CNN Money,
22 June 2026
Through these referendums, voters can weigh in on construction bans, tax incentives and zoning ordinances.
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Rachel Mural,
Fortune,
21 June 2026
City officials later asked Gefre to help rewrite local ordinances so legitimate massage businesses could get licensed more easily.
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Tyler Quattrin,
Twin Cities,
19 June 2026
Through these referendums, voters can weigh in on construction bans, tax incentives and zoning ordinances.
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Rachel Mural,
The Conversation,
18 June 2026
The counties of San Mateo, Alameda, Santa Clara, and Santa Cruz have non-cooperation policies or ordinances on the books.
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Sierra Lopez,
Mercury News,
15 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ordinances
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Starting in the late 1950s and accelerating in the 1970s, several states enacted laws that required a date label on certain foods.
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The statement also said Blue Island police are focused on preventing crime, responding to emergencies and enforcing state and local laws, not federal immigration enforcement, as that’s the responsibility of federal agencies.
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Mills and Morand also highlighted more subtle acts of resistance.
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At Arista, Davis continued to work with culture-defining artists, signing acts including the Grateful Dead, Lou Reed, Patti Smith, and Annie Lennox.
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In the Mandara Spa & Salon on new vessels like Norwegian Luna and Norwegian Aqua, those include an infrared sauna that uses lamps to warm the body, a Floatation Salt Pool, and a charcoal sauna that reaches between 86 and 122 degrees – a facility the line bills as the first of its kind at sea.
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Yet moved by the sense that the medical debts their neighbors faced were deeply unfair, members of Trinity Moravian, no matter their politics, rushed to write $25 or $50 checks to pay off the bills.
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Uthmeier wrote the opinion in response to a question from Senator Clay Yarborough about whether existing Florida statutes require a school district to accommodate such requests.
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The statutes underneath it, ECOA aside, do not.
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There is the willful weakness of Congress, the overblown power of the Supreme Court and the improbability of new Constitutional amendments.
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When the packet goes before delegates, people can call to make amendments.
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“Ordinances.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ordinances. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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