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Complete List of Ordinances
By A Chaos Emerald? and 1 collaborators
Have you ever wondered if you should use an ordinance in your game? ...but didn't know what it really did? The bad effects? Total Costs? Benefits? Seek no further! The answers are here.
   
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Crime
Junior Sports Programs ($100/mo + $0.005 per $ in the park & rec budget)

Requirement: Must have at least 1 park structure.

Benefit: Crime globally reduced by 5%

Neighborhood Watch ($10/mo + $0.001 per resident)

Requirement: Must have at least 1 police structure.

Benefit: Crime globally reduced by 5%

Youth Curfew Act ($40/mo + $0.002 per resident)

Benefit: Crime globally reduced by 5%

Bad Effect: Mayor Rating reduced by 10pts

Legalize Gambling ($100/mo INCOME)

Benefit: Allows possibility of a Casino Business Deal

Bad Effect: Crime globally increased by 20%
Education
Pro Reading Campaign ($20/mo + $0.005 per $ total citywide monthly Library funding)

Benefit: Education Quotient increased by 10%
Fire
Smoke Detector Program ($0/mo + $0.001/mo per resident)

Benefit: Flammability globally reduced by 5%
Garbage
Paper Waste Reduction Program ($20/mo + $0.005 per resident)

Benefit: Garbage output reduced by 10%

Bad Effect: Commercial $$ Office Demand reduced by 0.33%

Bad Effect: Commercial $$$ Office Demand reduced by 0.17%

Tire Recycling Program ($20/mo + $0.001 per resident)

Benefit: Garbage output reduced by 3%

Trash Presort Requirement ($20/mo + $0.003 per resident)

Requirement: Must have at least 1 Recycling Center.

Benefit: Garbage output reduced by 3%
Health
Community CPR Training Program ($50/mo + $0.005 per resident)

Benefit: Health Quotient globally increased by 10%

Free Clinic Program ($50/mo + $0.005 per each $ of Medical Clinic funding)

Benefit: Health Quotient globally increased by 10%
Mayor Rating
Automobile Emission Reduction Act ($20/mo + $0.05 per resident)

Benefit: Air Pollution globally reduced by 10%

Bad Effect: Mayor Rating reduced by 5

Nuclear Free Zone ($50/mo + $0.002 per resident)

Benefit: Mayor Rating increased by 5

Benefit: Farm Demand increased by 0.33%

Bad Effect: High-Tech Industry Demand reduced by 0.17%

Bad Effect: Forces removal of Nuclear Power Plants, restricts building new ones

Youth Curfew Act ($40/mo + $0.002 per resident)

Benefit: Crime globally reduced by 5%

Bad Effect: Mayor Rating reduced by 10
Pollution
Automobile Emission Reduction Act ($20/mo + $0.05 per resident)

Benefit: Air Pollution globally reduced by 10%

Bad Effect: Mayor Rating reduced by 5

Clean Air Act ($20/mo + $0.005 per resident)

Benefit: Air Pollution globally reduced by 10%

Bad Effect (or Benefit): Dirty Industry Demand reduced by 0.33%

Commuter Shuttle Service ($20/mo + $0.005 per resident)

Benefit: Air Pollution globally reduced by 2%

Benefit: Mass Transportation use increased by 5% for R$, 14% for R$$, 33% for R$$$

Benefit: Car Traffic reduced by 25% for R$, No change for R$$, 6% for R$$$

Landfill Gas Recovery Program ($20/mo + $0.001 per resident)

Requirement: Must have at least 1 operating Landfill and at least 1 Gas Power Plant

Benefit: Air Pollution globally reduced by 3%
Power
Power Conservation Act ($0/mo + $0.005/mo per resident)

Benefit: Power consumption globally reduced by 10%

Benefit: Power Neighbor Deal Costs reduced by 10%

Bad Effect: All Industry Demand (except Farms) reduced by 0.50%
Traffic
Carpool Incentive Program ($50/mo + $0.01 per resident)

Benefit: Nothing!

Commuter Shuttle Service ($20/mo + $0.005 per resident)

Benefit: Air Pollution globally reduced by 2%

Benefit: Mass Transportation use increased by 5% for R$, 14% for R$$, 33% for R$$$

Benefit: Car Traffic reduced by 25% for R$, No change for R$$, 6% for R$$$
Water
Water Conservation Program ($50/mo + $0.005 per resident)

Benefit: Water consumption globally reduced by 10%

Bad Effect: Farms Demand reduced by 0.83%

Bad Effect: Dirty Industry Demand reduced by 0.50%

Bad Effect: Manufacturing Industry Demand reduced by 0.33%

Bad Effect: High-Tech Industry Demand reduced by 0.17%)

Note: Experts say that each of these costs the small amount of $10 or $20 to enact and $10 or $20 to retract. However, I have not experienced this.
Removed Ordinances
These are ordinances Maxis removed from the final release.

Aerospace Incentive

Alternate Driving Days

Backyard Composting

BioTech Incentive

Bridge Tolls (INCOME)

Center Line Maintenance

Clean Industry Association

Conservation Corps

Crossing Guards

Earthquake Preparation

Electronics Job Fair

Farmers Market

Industry Pollution Fee (INCOME)

Industrial Waste Disposal

Lawn Chemical Ban

Leaf Burning Ban

Municiple Services

Parking Fines (INCOME)

Police Outreach

Public Access Cable

Shelters

Smoking Ban

Stairwell Lighting

Subsidized Transit

Water Meters

Water Tower Ads (INCOME)
Acknowledgements
Thanks to Cougar2004 and members of Simtropolis for info about this. A few details were from SimCity 4 Prima Strategy Guide.
2 Comments
Talisman 25 Jun, 2024 @ 2:45pm 
I don't know if its officially stated anywhere but I am certain, and just tested, that the Power Conservation Act drops your mayoral rating by 10 (might be 5, had to eyeball the line on the graph).
Fishman 28 Mar, 2024 @ 5:19pm 
Shame some of those removed ordinances never made it in, I'm curious to know what things like 'Stairwell Lighting' or 'Crossing Guards' would do to benefit the city