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  2. City of Ladue v. Gilleo - Wikipedia

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    Case history; Prior: Gilleo v. City of Ladue, 986 F.2d 1180 (8th Cir. 1993): Holding; A municipal ordinance aiming to reduce visual clutter through the regulation of signs in the yards of private homes that prohibits protected speech may violate the First Amendment if the ordinance cannot pass strict scrutiny.

  3. Local ordinance - Wikipedia

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    In Japan, ordinances (条例, jōrei) may be passed by any prefecture or municipality under authority granted by Article 94 of the Constitution.. There must generally be a statutory basis for an ordinance, the ordinance must be in compliance with any overlapping statutes (although it may impose a stricter standard or penalty), and the ordinance must be related to the affairs of the local ...

  4. Municipal Code of Chicago - Wikipedia

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    The Municipal Code of Chicago is the codification of local ordinances of a general and permanent nature of the City of Chicago. [1] The Code contains original and new ordinances, adopted by the Chicago City Council, organized into eighteen titles of varying subject matter. [2] The first Code of Chicago was adopted in 1837. [3]

  5. Zoning in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The zoning ordinance of Euclid, Ohio was challenged in court by a local land owner on the basis that restricting use of property violated the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. Ambler Realty Company filed suit on November 13, 1922, against the Village of Euclid, Ohio, alleging that the local zoning ordinances effectively ...

  6. Municipal law - Wikipedia

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    Municipal law is the national, domestic, or internal law of a sovereign state and is defined in opposition to international law.It encompasses the laws enacted by national, state, or local governments and is concerned with regulating the behavior of individuals, corporations, and entities within the country.

  7. Local government in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Such special purpose districts may encompass areas in multiple municipalities or counties. According to the US Census Bureau's data collected in 2012, there were 89,004 local government units in the United States. This data shows a decline from 89,476 units since the last census of local governments performed in 2007. [2]

  8. Water fluoridation in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The local ordinance was preempted by California law that requires fluoridation when an outside funding source is available. In 2008, First 5 Commission of San Diego County, a state-funded child advocacy organization, provided nearly $4 million to San Diego, for fluoridation equipment and operating costs for the first two years of fluoridation ...

  9. Lager Beer Riot - Wikipedia

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    In 1855, Chicago Mayor Levi Boone, a Nativist politician, renewed enforcement of an old local ordinance mandating that city taverns be closed on Sundays and led the city council to raise the cost of a liquor license, which brought on the German and Irish American immigrant protest known as Lager Beer Riot