ordinance

[ awr-dn-uhns ]

noun

1. an authoritative rule or law; a decree or command.

   Synonyms: order

2. a public injunction or regulation:

   a city ordinance against excessive horn blowing.

   Synonyms: order

3. something believed to have been ordained, as by a deity or destiny.
4. Ecclesiastical.
   1. an established rite or ceremony.
   2. a sacrament.
   3. the communion.

ordinance

/ ˈɔːdɪnəns /

noun

1. an authoritative regulation, decree, law, or practice

Other Words From

• pre·ordi·nance noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of ordinance¹

1275–1325; Middle English ordinaunce (< Old French ordenance ) < Medieval Latin ordinantia, derivative of Latin ordinant- (stem of ordināns ), present participle of ordināre to arrange. See ordination, -ance

Word History and Origins

Origin of ordinance¹

C14: from Old French ordenance, from Latin ordināre to set in order

Example Sentences

The loss of older units like Sanchez’s that make up the majority of apartments in L.A. and fall under the city’s rent stabilization ordinance, which limits annual rent increases and provides a measure of stability.

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The ordinance, first proposed last year and modeled after a San Francisco law, would bar federal immigration enforcement officials from accessing city databases.

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“A lot of people are afraid that unless we expand rent control and work on implementing our tenant anti-harassment ordinance, that people are going to be pushed out of the district,” Burgos said.

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Bonta said the state is willing to continue working with Norwalk to repeal its ordinance out of court, but will enforce the law.

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Good said the ordinance, which took effect in April 2023, includes rigorous provisions for data collection, and the Housing Department has beefed up its data team to make sure the funding is transparent.

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L.A.’s answer is the proposed Citywide Housing Incentive Program ordinance, which is expected to come before the City Council’s Planning and Land Use Management Committee on Tuesday.

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Opposition to Proposition 33, which would expand local government authority to enact rent control ordinances, is growing, with 45% of likely voters now intending to vote against it.

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The Los Angeles City Council on Wednesday voted to adopt an ordinance strengthening the city’s tenant anti-harassment protections and making it easier for tenants to sue landlords who violate the rules.

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The council voted 11 to 0 to order the Housing Department and city attorney to draft recommendations for an ordinance amending just cause rules to remove the substantial remodel clause.

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Under the ordinance, Silly String is prohibited in Hollywood’s public places from 12:00 a.m. on Oct.

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While the city’s rent stabilization ordinance limits annual rent increases for a tenant — usually to 3% or 4% — it does not mandate rent be affordable.

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Legal expert and journalist V Venkatesan says there is a need for new ordinances and laws around food safety to be properly debated on the assembly floor.

From BBC

The tenant anti-harassment ordinance, known as TAHO, was originally passed three years ago in an effort to protect tenants from being threatened or intimidated by landlords.

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The motion also asks the city attorney to draft an interim control ordinance to temporarily remove the remodel clause while the permanent ordinance is finalized — a process that can take months.

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Last year, Beverly Hills passed an ordinance banning people under 21 years old from having Silly String — or shaving cream or hair removal gel — in public on Halloween.

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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.

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According to reports, Adityanath is planning to bring in two ordinances that will penalise spitting in food with imprisonment up to 10 years.

From BBC

The measure also gave landlords the right to set rents on vacant units, stripping so-called vacancy control from ordinances in places like Santa Monica.

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Then Julie Spilsbury was elected to the Mesa City Council and a few months later, her first controversial issue reached the agenda: an ordinance prohibiting discrimination in public accommodations, employment and housing.

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A decade earlier, Marlborough, Mass., passed an ordinance banning “any instrument or product designed to project a string or streamer of plastic material,” a.k.a.

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The living wage ordinance was first proposed last year by L.A.

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As a result, the measure provides that a person must be at least 18 years old to serve “unless a lower minimum age requirement is established by ordinance.”

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The exact effects of Proposition 33 will depend on how landlords and developers respond and what kind of ordinances cities actually pass, according to interviews with independent economists and housing experts.

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The ordinance caused consternation across Mesa, home of the state’s first Latter-day Saints temple and a concentrated Mormon community in Arizona.

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Retirement benefits for all city workers are usually negotiated with various public employee unions, then ratified by ordinance.

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