How to Use ordinance in a Sentence

ordinance

noun
  • The town has passed a zoning ordinance limiting construction.
  • The ordinance was first passed in 2018 and has been tweaked at times since then.
    — The Courier-Journal, 14 Sep. 2022
  • 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
  • In order to create the trust fund, a ordinance needs to be passed by the Scott County Board.
    — Alex Malm, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025
  • 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 was filed with the City Council and announced Monday by Wu.
    — Gayla Cawley, Boston Herald, 3 Feb. 2025
  • The new ordinance may hurt some current Airbnb hosts in the meantime, who are counting on the income.
    — Kathleen Wong, USA TODAY, 7 Nov. 2022
  • Efforts to amend the ordinance failed, and Hoobler chose to resign rather than give up his liquor license.
    — Joseph States, Chicago Tribune, 14 Feb. 2025
  • 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
  • Weiss said the prohibition was part of the city’s liquor ordinance.
    — Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 8 Apr. 2025
  • Weiss said the prohibition was part of the city’s liquor ordinance.
    — Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 8 Apr. 2025
  • If passed, Kalb said the new ordinance would go into effect on May 4.
    — Sarah Ravani, San Francisco Chronicle, 22 Apr. 2022
  • That’s where Josh Hetzler, the attorney who helped craft the ordinance, is based.
    — Eric Boodman, STAT, 18 Apr. 2023
  • The new ordinance was passed on Feb. 9, just two months after the tornado.
    — Lauren Craddock, The Courier-Journal, 10 June 2022
  • 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’s current ordinance, which was put in place in 2019, doesn’t allow such access.
    — Justin Phillips, San Francisco Chronicle, 17 July 2022
  • 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
  • When asked about Hall’s ordinance, Johnson praised the alderman, but did not take a stance.
    — Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune, 14 Nov. 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
  • Her tasks include enforcing city ordinances that keep the city clean and safe.
    — Steve Bousquet, Sun Sentinel, 10 May 2025
  • The store's landlord has been cited for sign ordinance and building code violations in the past six months, according to public records.
    — Angie Leventis Lourgos, Chicago Tribune, 14 May 2025
  • Carter and the city council have called for giving the council the power to create various fine schedules for ordinance infractions, as other cities in the metro already do to varying degrees.
    — Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 6 May 2025

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