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
• 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 | [e-mail], 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
• 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
• Last year, voters in St. Paul, Minn., passed a new rent control ordinance.
  — Conor Dougherty, New York Times, 15 Oct. 2022
• The ordinance, approved by a 7-0 vote, has been under discussion for more than a year.
  — cleveland, 28 Nov. 2022
• The City Council is set to vote on the new ordinance in the coming weeks, though council members did not specify a date.
  — Sarah Cutler, Idaho Statesman, 6 Jan. 2025
• 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 lawsuit in question challenged our anti-panhandling ordinance on the basis of individuals’ First Amendment right to free speech, including asking for alms.
  — Christopher McVoy, Sun Sentinel, 6 Feb. 2025

Last Updated: 6 Mar 2025