As time passed, it became very difficult to find examples of ordinances on particular topics since the table of contents for each community's looseleaf binder of ordinances would have to be searched. This was labor intensive and very time consuming. The Index is arranged by topic and currently includes more than 4,500 items on more than 600 topics though this is an ongoing project with new items indexed weekly. In addition to actual ordinances from other communities, the Database indexes articles from newspapers, journals and magazines, as well as books, that are related to specific ordinances including subsequent litigation. The ordinances cover everything from curfews, cats and clothes lines to beach apparel and basketball hoops.
Communities can avoid reinventing the ordinance wheel.
They can save themselves a lot of time and can determine what would work best for them by reading about what worked for other local governments. Back to Information Services .