ordinance
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Regular bikes are already banned from anything designated as a “trail,” according to a city ordinance, but a spokesperson for Lee said e-bikes were a gray area that his proposal aims to address.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2026
“Simply put, no changes to ordinance proposals would materially reduce prospects of wider scale dilution and would negatively impact shares,” they add.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026
Mr. Olivier is trying to challenge an ordinance in Brandon, Miss., that restricts protests near a public amphitheater.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026
In a CBS interview on Sunday, defence secretary Pete Hegseth outlined a next phase of the US-Israeli operation that included using more powerful ordinance.
From BBC • Mar. 9, 2026
Dad lay on the kitchen floor cracking jokes about an ordinance that had recently passed in our little farming village.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
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