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The Dorothy Mae Apartment-Hotel fire was the impetus for the 1984 passage of a fire sprinkler law known as the Dorothy Mae ordinance. [2] The Dorothy Mae ordinance "requires all pre-1943 residential buildings of R-1, Occupancy, three or more stories in height, to meet certain specified retroactive fire safety requirements." [8]
Dorothy Mae DeLavallade Taylor (August 10, 1928 – August 18, 2000), was an educator and politician in New Orleans, the first African-American woman to be elected to and serve in the Louisiana House of Representatives. From 1971 to 1980, she represented District 20, since renumbered, in her native New Orleans.
first African-American woman elected to the Louisiana House of Representatives: Dorothy Mae Taylor (1971) first African-American man elected to the Louisiana Senate since Reconstruction: Sidney Barthelemy (1976) [8] first African-American woman elected to the Louisiana Senate: Diana Bajoie (1991)
Among other requirements, such as having the necessary experience, equipment, skills and such to complete the project, the ordinance would require the firm to pay all craft employees on the ...
Dorothy Mae Richardson (May 3, 1922 – April 28, 1991) was an African American community activist who is credited with introducing a new model of community development in the late 1960s when she led a resident campaign for better housing in her neighborhood on the Central North Side of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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Dorothy Mae is a given name. People with this given name include: Dorothy Mae Kilgallen, American writer and game show contestant (1913–1965) Dorothy Mae Richardson, American community activist (1922–1991) Dorothy Mae Stang, American nun murdered in Brazil (1931–2005) Dorothy Mae Taylor, American politician (1928–2000)
A nuisance ordinance, also referred to as a crime-free ordinance or a disorderly house ordinance, is a local law usually passed on the town, city, or municipality level of government that aims to legally punish both landlords and tenants for crimes that occur on a property or in a neighborhood.