User:Halvorsen brian/List of notable ordinances in Portland, Oregon

Below list of notable ordinances passed by the Portland City Council. Since the city's incorporation, the council has worked with the mayor to pass various ordinances. Through much of Portland's history, the city council was keen to write-in contemporary issues that later become obsolete. For example during the build-up to the Prohibition era the council kept women out of taverns instead of turning the city dry by voiding liquor licences. At the turn of the century when bicycles were first becoming a reliable and affordable mode of transportation, the city council imposed speed limits of eight miles per hour on the sidewalks (Ordinance No. 12186) and prohibiting them from using the sidewalks (Ordinance No. XXXXX).