How to Use ordinance in a Sentence

ordinance

noun
Definition of ordinancenext
Synonyms for ordinancenext
  • The town has passed a zoning ordinance limiting construction.
  • This is not the sound of ordinance that's dropped from an airplane.
    — Matt Seyler, ABC News, 18 Oct. 2023
  • Zoom out: Atlanta has a short-term rental ordinance on the books.
    — Thomas Wheatley, Axios, 12 Sep. 2024
  • But in response to a lawsuit, the city agreed to withdraw the ordinance.
    — David Clarey, Journal Sentinel, 12 July 2024
  • At least a few states are trying to limit the reach of such ordinances.
    — John Hanna, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 Feb. 2024
  • And the Chicago ordinance passed in 2021 included a ban on the sale of the old devices.
    — Alex Nitkin, Chicago Tribune, 13 Mar. 2023
  • Rather than appeal to the Supreme Court, the city settled the case and agreed not to enforce its ordinance during overnight hours.
    — David G. Savage, Los Angeles Times, 12 Jan. 2024
  • Campers also would have had to follow the city's noise ordinance.
    — Stacy Ryburn, Arkansas Online, 11 July 2023
  • The Texas ordinances have been pitched in that register, and that rhetoric is spreading.
    — Melissa Gira Grant, The New Republic, 7 Sep. 2023
  • The ordinance would need to be drafted by the city attorney's office and returned to the council for a vote.
    — Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 31 Aug. 2023
  • That’s where Josh Hetzler, the attorney who helped craft the ordinance, is based.
    — Eric Boodman, STAT, 18 Apr. 2023
  • Placement of new noise and parade ordinances on the City Council’s agenda for a vote.
    — William Thornton | Wthornton@al.com, al, 18 Sep. 2023
  • The city sent a letter, Cooke said, per a city sign ordinance to the restaurant owners on file, that the restaurant had 30 days to remove its sign.
    — Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 30 July 2024
  • San Diego had been the only major urban area in the state without such an ordinance.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Jan. 2023
  • If the ordinance passes in its current form, All Time would lose half its outdoor seats.
    — Karen Kaplanscience and Medicine Editor, Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2023
  • But the City Council drafted a new ordinance, which allowed a broader range of signs.
    — Daniel E. Slotnik, BostonGlobe.com, 24 June 2023
  • This March, the group will have a rally at the Kentucky Capitol to advocate for the expansion of the ordinance statewide.
    — Krista Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 14 Jan. 2023
  • But Board Chairperson John Colbath said the board has to work with the ordinance, which was approved by voters, and that there is a process to change that.
    — Kathy McCormack, Fortune, 18 Apr. 2023
  • Hunters can not discharge guns within the city limits, according to the city code of ordinances.
    — Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 5 Feb. 2024
  • The city has also floated around a short-term rental registration ordinance that has been tabled twice in the last few months.
    — Myah Taylor, Dallas News, 19 July 2023
  • Wearing a durag and talking about city ordinances, Ventura spotted the only kid in the room and winked at me.
    — Nicole Russell, USA TODAY, 8 Aug. 2024
  • The mayor says the ordinance was passed on Wednesday and goes into effect after 20 days.
    — Zenebou Sylla, CNN, 28 May 2023
  • Pits need to be placed at least 15 feet from any combustible structure, according to a city ordinance.
    — Alex Groth, Journal Sentinel, 1 June 2023
  • The Quorum Court put an ordinance to deny the permit on the agenda for the October meeting.
    — Tom Sissom, Arkansas Online, 22 Sep. 2023
  • That ordinance, called the Tenant Protection Program, does not allow landlords to raise rent more than 10% a year and is set to expire at the end of the year.
    — Theresa Clift, Sacramento Bee, 7 Feb. 2024
  • While the war continues, Vlad’s wife lives in Poland and his father works in ordinance disposal for the army outside of Kharkiv.
    — Michelle Bruton, Forbes, 3 May 2023
  • But city leaders never set aside the $10 million that the ordinance said should be spent on home improvements.
    — Mike Hendricks, Kansas City Star, 24 June 2024
  • Not a single law or ordinance from the Qing era remains valid in public law in China today.
    — Lobsang Sangay, Foreign Affairs, 6 Nov. 2023
  • According to Gregg McClain, director of the city’s planning department, city ordinances allow for up to six retail stores, with up to three of those having on-site consumption lounges.
    — Adam Tschorn, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2024
  • Detroit's ordinance, which dates to 2019, prohibits landlords with five or more rental units from asking about prospective tenants' criminal records during the initial screening process.
    — Jc Reindl, Detroit Free Press, 23 Oct. 2024

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